Carole King's 128-acre Idaho ranch, home for 35 years, sells for $3.99M

On the cover of Tapestry, Carole King sits in a window seat with a cat, with sunlight filtering through Indian-cloth curtains. The album cover, released in 1971, represented a simple, cosy home life, much like King’s music. But her own version of home turned out to be a good deal bigger, and a long way from any neighbour.Carole King bought the ranch in Stanley, Idaho, in 1981 and worked on it for decades. After spending 35 years at the residence, the Robinson Bar Ranch was sold for $3.99 million.Somewhere wilderCarole King was born in Brooklyn and raised there. She wrote her early songs in Manhattan before moving to California. While living in Los Angeles, she began looking for somewhere ‘a little wilder’. She explored several Western states before finding something that connected with her in central Idaho.