Slab City

After visiting the north part of the town, and a place in Berkshire called Slab City, the west part of Enosburg, Bolton, Enosburg, Starksboro, Richmond and Stowe, he went on praying to the Lord, and encouraging his brethren in the object of his mission; he everywhere enjoying the co-operation of the churches.

The Life, Labors, and Travels of Elder Charles Bowles, of the Free Will Baptist Denomination, by Eld. John W. Lewis. Together with an Essay on the Character and Condition of the African Race by the Same. Also, an Essay on the Fugitive Law of the U. S. Congress of 1850, by Rev. Arthur Dearing Eld. John W. Lewis 1852

The place is like a rustic squatters camp in the hinterlands of southeastern California -- a living tribute to Leonard Knight at Salvation Monument, and a bellicose doppelganger of Slab City.

S.D. Liddick: COP Haditha 2009

Starting in Big Sur, I camped my way down California's gorgeous Highway 1, then headed inland to the desert, staying at an alternative community called "Slab City."

Born to Be Wild: A Tale of Two Road Trips 2009

I've enjoyed natural hot springs, had my dog treated by a veterinarian who works out of her clunky old RV, watched a Fourth of July concert by Slab City musicians, climbed a painted mountain made of cement and old tires, weathered daylong drives through the desert without air conditioning, had my car infested with Africanized bees, and gone through about four gallons of water a day between my dog and me.

Born to Be Wild: A Tale of Two Road Trips 2009

You pass him and his mountain of repentance before entering Slab City.

I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006

A lot of drinking gets done in Slab City, with most of the liquor purchased—along with prescription drugs—across the border in Mexico, where such things are considerably less expensive.

I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006

You pass him and his mountain of repentance before entering Slab City.

I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006

A lot of drinking gets done in Slab City, with most of the liquor purchased—along with prescription drugs—across the border in Mexico, where such things are considerably less expensive.

I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006

And tsk, tsk: you _really shouldn't_ have sold Lana's sin-sational love letters to Johnny -- we heard you raided the "Stomp Man's" Benedict Canyon love shack while Johnny was still in the meat wagon on his way to Slab City.

White Jazz Ellroy, James, 1948- 1992

Some of the Sudbury wits derisively called the place 'Slab City.'

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various