Grant's Farm

While my parents, Arthur and Dorothy Rosenkoetter, were in town to visit before the start of the quarter, we took a short trip to visit Grant's Farm on Saturday, 30 August. Grant's Farm was originally a sixty acre property given to Ulysses S. Grant by his father-in-law, Frederick Dent. It was later purchased by the Busch family (who, until recently, owned Anheuser-Busch breweries) and hosts the Busch family mansion.

Of course, we didn't go to visit the mansion! The Busch family has maintained an animal park on the grounds and it is also where the world famous Clydesdales are housed, fed and trained. Another draw was the promise of two free samples of Anheuser-Busch product at the Bauernhof at the end of the tour of the animal park.

The facility uses trams to shuttle visitors from the parking lot to the main part of the animal park. This ride takes visitors past Grant's Cabin. Our tram guide showed a great sense of humor with the following: "A new Presidential Library was constructed on the back side of the cabin a couple of years ago." (The only thing in view behind the cabin is an outhouse...)