stratcat51
05-23-2010, 06:31 PM
We went to Grant's Farm in St. Louis with about 25 family members (all on Barb's side) and had a great time. We took MPH's three rugrats and they were worn out by the end of the day.
Jason asked me earlier today what Grant's Farm is. Here is the best description from Wikipedia:
Grant's Farm is an historic farm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm) in St. Louis, Missouri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri), which was once owned by Ulysses S. Grant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant). The Farm is now owned by the Busch family, who used to own Anheuser-Busch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch) brewing company. The farm is filled with many animals including buffalo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bison), elephants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant), camels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel), donkeys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey), goats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat), peacocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock), the iconic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic) Budweiser Clydesdales (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_Clydesdales) and many more. Most of these animals can be seen by visitors on a tram tour of the Deer Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park) region of the park, while the Clydesdales (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydesdales) are found in their nearby barn and pastures. The farm also contains a cabin built by Grant, which is the only remaining structure hand-built by a U.S. president.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant's_Farm#cite_note-0)
Also on the farm is the Busch family mansion and the house in which Ulysses S. Grant resided between the Mexican (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican-American_War) and Civil Wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War). This was the land his wife, Julia Grant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Grant), gave to him. The farm sits across from the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_National_Historic_Site), the former White Haven plantation owned by Julia Grant's family.
The only thing really different from above is the Busch family no longer owns Grant's Farm, but is owned by Anheuser-Busch and that is owned by Inbev. Still, it is a pretty cool place and you can see a lot of animals and some of the Clydesdale horses. Here is a link to the place:
http://www.grantsfarm.com/
Here are some pics from today:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j205/stratcat51/GrantsFarm5-23-2010055.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j205/stratcat51/GrantsFarm5-23-2010059.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j205/stratcat51/GrantsFarm5-23-2010062.jpg
Jason asked me earlier today what Grant's Farm is. Here is the best description from Wikipedia:
Grant's Farm is an historic farm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm) in St. Louis, Missouri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri), which was once owned by Ulysses S. Grant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant). The Farm is now owned by the Busch family, who used to own Anheuser-Busch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch) brewing company. The farm is filled with many animals including buffalo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bison), elephants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant), camels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel), donkeys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey), goats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat), peacocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock), the iconic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconic) Budweiser Clydesdales (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_Clydesdales) and many more. Most of these animals can be seen by visitors on a tram tour of the Deer Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park) region of the park, while the Clydesdales (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydesdales) are found in their nearby barn and pastures. The farm also contains a cabin built by Grant, which is the only remaining structure hand-built by a U.S. president.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant's_Farm#cite_note-0)
Also on the farm is the Busch family mansion and the house in which Ulysses S. Grant resided between the Mexican (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican-American_War) and Civil Wars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War). This was the land his wife, Julia Grant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Grant), gave to him. The farm sits across from the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant_National_Historic_Site), the former White Haven plantation owned by Julia Grant's family.
The only thing really different from above is the Busch family no longer owns Grant's Farm, but is owned by Anheuser-Busch and that is owned by Inbev. Still, it is a pretty cool place and you can see a lot of animals and some of the Clydesdale horses. Here is a link to the place:
http://www.grantsfarm.com/
Here are some pics from today:
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j205/stratcat51/GrantsFarm5-23-2010055.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j205/stratcat51/GrantsFarm5-23-2010059.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j205/stratcat51/GrantsFarm5-23-2010062.jpg