McKinley may indeed have been the first sitting president to visit California, since Ulysses S. Grant was "only" a former president when he arrived in San Francisco in 1879. After completing his presidency, Ulysses S Grant and his wife Julia took a world tour, which included a trip to Japan. They returned to the US through California, arriving in San Francisco and subsequently visiting Yosemite. You can read about it at: http://www.nps.gov/ulsg/AroundWorld2.html If you are anything at all in the way of a student of history, Grant is a fascinating study. Here is a collection of quotes by and about him: http://www.presidentlincoln.com/Quote6.html And another most informative web site: http://www.mscomm.com/~ulysses/ Grant's personal memoirs are considered one of the great written works in the English Language. One of the better introductions you can get to Grant, however, is Ken Burns' PBS epic, "The Civil War". That clearly frames the times and perspective from which Grant wrote his personal memoirs. General George S Patton believed himself to be an "eternal soldier" of sorts, the reincarnation of a soul whose destiny was to be born into life after life as a warrior, and whose essence had led the Carthaginians against the legions of Rome, and later fought for the armies of Rome in Europe. Ulysses Grant made no such claim, but you get the same sense of destiny about Grant and about his peers such as William Tecumseh Sherman, both of whom would likely be just another limb in someone's family tree if it were not for the extraordinary circumstances that were thrust upon them by the times in which they lived. At the time the civil war broke out in 1861, Grant, a graduate of West Point, had resigned from the military and failed as a farmer, as a realtor, found himself unable to gain employment as an engineer and was working as a clerk in his father's leather goods store. Less than 3 years later, Abraham Lincoln appointed him to be commander of the Union armies, and less than 6 years after that, he became the 18th president of the United States. Regards, John in Tollhouse On 8/18/03 8:47 AM, "Barbara Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's my understanding that President William McKinley's visit to Los Angeles > in 1901, just month's before he was assassinated, was the first visit of a > president to California. I have more info about that visit if you want to > contact me off the list serve. > > Barbara Smith > Los Angeles > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregory McReynolds [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 4:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Former President GRANT in LA? > > > This is more of a historical rather than genealogical question, but I wonder > if anyone has information regarding a visit former President U. S. GRANT may > have made to Los Angeles? The time frame would have been probably between > 1878 and 1883. Any information is welcomed. > > Thank you, > Gregory McReynolds > Pasadena, California > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Please use relevant subject lines. > > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Do NOT post virus notices to the list. > >

John No Rutherford Hayes, had been here in 1880 http://www.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/hayes/Volume04/Chapter43/December11.txt For one of the places he visited was Oakland, and the Cameron Stanford House, where they served Lemonade, for his wife ;-) George John Maylone <[email protected]> wrote: McKinley may indeed have been the first sitting president to visit California, since Ulysses S. Grant was "only" a former president when he arrived in San Francisco in 1879. After completing his presidency, Ulysses S Grant and his wife Julia took a world tour, which included a trip to Japan. They returned to the US through California, arriving in San Francisco and subsequently visiting Yosemite. You can read about it at: http://www.nps.gov/ulsg/AroundWorld2.html If you are anything at all in the way of a student of history, Grant is a fascinating study. Here is a collection of quotes by and about him: http://www.presidentlincoln.com/Quote6.html And another most informative web site: http://www.mscomm.com/~ulysses/ Grant's personal memoirs are considered one of the great written works in the English Language. One of the better introductions you can get to Grant, however, is Ken Burns' PBS epic, "The Civil War". That clearly frames the times and perspective from which Grant wrote his personal memoirs. General George S Patton believed himself to be an "eternal soldier" of sorts, the reincarnation of a soul whose destiny was to be born into life after life as a warrior, and whose essence had led the Carthaginians against the legions of Rome, and later fought for the armies of Rome in Europe. Ulysses Grant made no such claim, but you get the same sense of destiny about Grant and about his peers such as William Tecumseh Sherman, both of whom would likely be just another limb in someone's family tree if it were not for the extraordinary circumstances that were thrust upon them by the times in which they lived. At the time the civil war broke out in 1861, Grant, a graduate of West Point, had resigned from the military and failed as a farmer, as a realtor, found himself unable to gain employment as an engineer and was working as a clerk in his father's leather goods store. Less than 3 years later, Abraham Lincoln appointed him to be commander of the Union armies, and less than 6 years after that, he became the 18th president of the United States. Regards, John in Tollhouse On 8/18/03 8:47 AM, "Barbara Smith" wrote: > > It's my understanding that President William McKinley's visit to Los Angeles > in 1901, just month's before he was assassinated, was the first visit of a > president to California. I have more info about that visit if you want to > contact me off the list serve. > > Barbara Smith > Los Angeles > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregory McReynolds [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 4:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Former President GRANT in LA? > > > This is more of a historical rather than genealogical question, but I wonder > if anyone has information regarding a visit former President U. S. GRANT may > have made to Los Angeles? The time frame would have been probably between > 1878 and 1883. Any information is welcomed. > > Thank you, > Gregory McReynolds > Pasadena, California > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Please use relevant subject lines. > > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Do NOT post virus notices to the list. > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== Please use relevant subject lines. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software