Carl Sandburg's N.C. Estate Offers Glimpse of Lifestyle

Chicago Sun-Times | August 13, 1995| | Copyright

FLAT ROCK, N.C. Carl Sandburg may be known as a literary gem of the City of BigShoulders, but during his last 20 years, a 240-acre goat farm in the mountains of North Carolina was his home.

Connemara, Sandburg's estate in Flat Rock, N.C., is now a National Historic Site, meticulously maintained by the U.S. Park Service as a shrine to the great self-educated poet.

It is a fitting tribute. In 1945, Sandburg bought the property, encompassing two mountains and two lakes, for $40,000. He lived here, 26 miles south of Asheville, with his family until 1967, when he died inside the property's ...

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