WOODSTOCK | Hippies Mired in Sea of Mud | They Don't Melt... Rocksters, undaunted by rain, mud and food shortages, trek to Woodstock folk-rock festival at White Lake, N.Y. Several thousand fled the desolated area and headed for Manhattan in a fleet of buses last night and this morning. The exodus made little dent in the crowd, numbering more than 400,000. | photo date: 08/17/1969 | Caption: Daily News front page dated August 17, 1969