Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

The front porch of White Have Farm, home of Ulysses S. and Julia Dent Grant. Ulysses S. Grant National Historical Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

The front porch of White Haven, the home of Ulysses S. Grant and Juila Dent Grant. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Front door at White Haven, home of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Flour sack Ku Klux Klan hood on display in the museum at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Saint Louis Missouri. The Grant administration successfully shut down the Klan in the early 1870's.

Saddles and tack on display in the barn at White Haven. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

The ice house and chicken coop at White Haven farm. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Ice house located behind the White Have farmhouse. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

A receipt for a subscription to Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs. On display in the museum at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Saddles and tack on display in the barn at White Haven farm. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

On the left is a phaeton one horse carriage. It represents the style of carriage the Grant's may have used when visiting Saint Louis during his presidency. The cart of the right is a charette. This cart, or one similar to it, was used by US Grant to haul firewood for sale into Saint Louis. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Iron wagon wheels in the barn at White Haven farm. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

General Ulysses S. Grant's three star major patch. On display in the museum at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Saint Louis, Missouri.

This charrette, or one similar to it, was used by Ulysses S. Grant to haul firewood into Saint Louis to sell. Ulysses S. Grant National Historical Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Wheels of a charrette on display in the barn at White Have farm. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.

White Haven farmhouse, the home of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Dent Grant. Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Saint Louis, Missouri.