Libre was founded by two artist couples in the spring of 1968; by the time I passed through in the summer of the following year the population had more than tripled and there were numerous structures on the land.  Over the years every house was designed and built by its occupants, always with generous help from the community, which in the early seventies peaked at around thirty humans including children.  At present the population is fairly stable at eleven with nine houses occupied…

Approaching from the end of an unmarked county road the place is guarded by Fowler’s Subaru Graveyard, and then the first house comes in to view;

Fowler residence, begun 1969, Jim Fowler design/build; Jim and Sesame Fowler, occupants;

Through Dry Creek and around a turn is the first thing built here, by Dean and Linda Fleming in 1968, currently occupied by Dean Fleming;

Ceramic thug by Luz Fleming, 1996

Above the main [and original] dome on the ridge is the house designed and built by Richard Wehrman ca. 1970;

The ridge; Doug’s tower; Rockhouse, goat sheds…Wehrman house offstage left

…currently occupied by David Perkins…

Goat shed on ridge, built by ridge-dwellers ca. 1971; no goats now.

Rock house, David Perkins, Roberta Price, D/B, 1970; abandoned ca. 1979;

Doug Perkins’ tower, ca. 1972, inhabited seasonally for several summers, long abandoned…

Storage shed ca. 1970;

Wallenborn house, Kim and Sibylla Wallenborn design/build. Begun 1970; currently cared for by Maryann Flood;

Bill Haynes’; Bill Haynes D/B, begun 1972; Bill Haynes and Muriel Meunier-Fiebelkorn current residents…

Linda’s house; Linda Fleming designer/builder, begun 1978; Linda Fleming and Michael Moore, inhabitants;

The toolbox, Linda Fleming/Michael Moore D/B, 2010;

Trigger, 1950 Chevrolet three-window, Linda Fleming second owner…