Ulysses S. Grant ~ April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885
18th President 1869-1877 Ulysses S. Grant sites visited: His birthplace in Moscow, Ohio. It's a very small one-story building. Grant's boyhood home in Georgetown, Ohio. There are a few original chairs here built by Grant's father, so I was told. Me & the tour guide. This was Grant's bedroom at one time. It overlooked the family-run tannery that Grant hated. This is some original lathing and an original back staircase walked on by the Grant family. A schoolhouse attended by Grant is located a few blocks away. The town of Georgetown put up this statue in the courthouse square for its favorite son. The log cabin Grant built with the help of his father-in-law's slaves in 1856 can be found on the property of "Grant's Farm" in Missouri. A tram ride through the wildlife refuge (owned by the Busch family) will take you past it. It was nicknamed "Hardscrabble" and it was a bit too rough for Julia Grant so the Grants moved back to her family home o...