Galesburg's economy is based mainly on agriculture (corn 【maize】, soybeans, and livestock) and manufacturing (household appliances, prefabricated metal buildings, rubber products, and textiles). Employment is also provided by a minimum-security prison (opened 1986). The city was the birthplace of Carl Sandburg (Sandburg, Carl), the poet and historian who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Abraham Lincoln. The small house where Sandburg was born and lived as a child has been restored and is a state historic site. The city's Carl Sandburg (community) College was opened in 1967, the year of Sandburg's death. Galesburg's Orpheum Theatre (opened 1916) was built using a variety of styles of architecture, with the front designed in French Second Empire style. The city has a museum and an annual festival (June) devoted to railroad history. Lake Storey, once a railroad-owned water reservoir, has been transformed into a recreational park. Snakeden Hollow State Fish and Wildlife Area is northeast. Inc. 1841. Pop. (2000) 33,706; (2006 est.) 31,738.