You will now know the my mind is completely gone! I KNOW that I put a document on the website recently that had a quote in it by Ulysses S. Grant where he said that the biggest perk of being the president was that he got a sidewalk from his house in Galena to downtown. Does anyone recognize this quote and call you tell me where it is? <LOL> Thanks for responding to my survey. I'm going to keep this open for about another week, and then I plan to compile all of the responses and will share them with everyone who participated. Cheryl Hemingway <http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html>My personal genealogy page <http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi>Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb site

Cheryl, Your quote is familiar but I cannot locate it. The Book Historic Galena by Florence Gratiot Bale quotes Grant on a trip home during the war as saying" I would like to be Mayor of Galena and then I would get a sidewalk built from my home to the depot." The book shows a picture dated Aug 19, 1865 with a banner stretched across Main Street proclaiming " General, the sidewalk is built". It was built of pine boards Ralph Anderson Boulder, CO [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Hemingway" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 7:02 PM Subject: US Grant quote? > You will now know the my mind is completely gone! I KNOW that I put a document on the website recently that had a quote in it by Ulysses S. Grant where he said that the biggest perk of being the president was that he got a sidewalk from his house in Galena to downtown. Does anyone recognize this quote and call you tell me where it is? <LOL> > > Thanks for responding to my survey. I'm going to keep this open for about another week, and then I plan to compile all of the responses and will share them with everyone who participated. > > > Cheryl Hemingway > <http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html>My personal genealogy page > <http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi>Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb site > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >