On June 10-12, 2026, Hal Borland’s home on Weatogue Road in Salisbury, CT was torn down. Current owners have built a new residence on the property and Borland Farm is history. Hal and Barbara Borland purchased the home in July of 1952 after a serious illness caused Borland to reevaluate his life and work. The Borland’s had been living in Stamford, CT where Borland made his living as a freelance magazine and newspaper feature writer, as well as collaborating with Barbara on short story fiction (primarily romance-themed stories) for various magazines, a popular genre at the time. Borland wrote of his illness and the move to Salisbury in This Hill, This Valley (1957) and A Place to Begin: The New England Experience (1976). Other than An American Year (1946), all of Hal Borland’s classics were written in this house, including High, Wide and Lonesome, Country Editor’s Boy, The Dog Who Came to Stay, Hill Country Harvest, Beyond Your Doorstep, Book of Days, and his best-selling novel When the Legends Die.
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