Beginning in 1970, members of Lynyrd Skynyrd made rock and roll history on this site, where they wrote and perfected many of their hit songs. In the late 1960's, before becoming world famous, the long-haired Skynyrd boys from the Westside of Jacksonville drew repeated noise complaints during rehearsals, so each morning they made the 20 mile drive to this piece of land, where an old cabin surrounded by nature once stood and was nicknamed "Hell House" because it lacked air conditioning. They arrived at sunup and worked all day in the Florida heat, creating songs such as "Simple Man," "Tuesday's Gone," "Sweet Home Alabama," "Don't Ask Me No Questions," "Gimme Three Steps," and "Free Bird." Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant wrote lyrics on a fishing dock along Peter's Creek, and on one morning, after band members objected to Neil Young's songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama," Van Zant walked up from the dock singing the lyrics to their newly composed anthem, "Sweet Home Alabama," from memory. On October 19, 1977, at the height of their fame, Lynyrd Skynyrd played to a sold-out arena in Greenville, South Carolina, where Van Zant closed the show by singing, "If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?" The next day, Van Zant died in a plane crash that also killed guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, and road manager Dean Kilpatrick. In 2006, Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, Bob Burns, Artimus Pyle, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines, Ed King, Billy Powell, and Leon Wilkeson were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.