 Unlike the original People's Park in Berkeley, which is owned by the University of California, the underlying principle was that the Vermont trust land would be legally open to anyone who wished to visit, camp, or homestead upon it, rent-free for as long as one desired.The land purchase originally included a separate parcel nearer town upon which an A-frame was erected as a sort of welcoming center, access at that time was via a shared gravel driveway and through farm fields to the actual land holdings.Locally it became known as 'the last left turn(s) in America', requiring a series of unmarked left turns starting less than south of the US Customs station.