The Boyhood Farm of Charles Lindbergh

The Boyhood Farm of Charles Lindbergh. . , A Home Becomes A Park , The landscape before you is the farm where Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the famous aviator, spent his youth. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight on May 21, 1927., This land was donated to the State by the Lindbergh family shortly afterward. It was their wish that the land be preserved as a state park in honor of the aviator's father, Charles A. Lindbergh Sr., lawyer and U.S. Congressman. The Lindbergh home has been designated as a National Historic District [sic - Landmark] and is managed by the Minnesota Historical Society., "I believe our civilization's latest advance is symbolized by the park rather than by satellites and space travel." - Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., A Farmer's Fields , During World War I, Lindbergh left high school to farm full time - a good arrangement, since he was bored by formal study. He received credit for running the farm and graduated on schedule., From 1918 until 1920, Lindbergh raised cattle, hogs, sheep, geese, ducks and chickens on the family's 110 acres. He grew oats, wheat, and other crops to aid the war effort, always exploring ways to increase yields., [Photo captions read] , Charles August Lindbergh with his son, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, ca. 1910. , David B. Edmonston, Minnesota Historical Society, Flock of sheep, ca. 1910 , Harry Darius Ayer (1878-1966), Minnesota Historical Society, Lindbergh spent the summers of his boyhood here with his mother, Evangeline, and wintered in Washington, D.C., where his father worked. As a teenager Lindbergh lived here year-round and even ran the farm. , Charles Augustus Lindbergh with his mother Eva, ca. 1910. , Minnesota Historical Society