Saturday, June 25, 2005

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site



Poet Carl Sandburg's retirement home, Connemara, is the first National Historic Site dedicated to an American poet. Sandburg spent his last 22 years here along with his wife who raised champion dairy goats. During his years at Connemara, he published more than a third of his literary work.

Address: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, 81 Carl Sandburg Lane, Flat Rock, North Carolina 28731-8635; 828-693-4178; Fax: 828-693-4179. Web: http://www.nps.gov/carl.

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