Mt. McGregor developed as a resort after a road and a small hotel (now Grant Cottage) were built by

Mt. McGregor developed as a resort after a road and a small hotel (now Grant Cottage) were built by Duncan McGregor in the 1870s. A group of investors recognized the site�s potential and, in 1882, built a railroad line here from Saratoga Springs. Two years later, the luxurious Hotel Balmoral opened to guests advertising No Dew, No Malaria, No Mosquitoes, Certain Relief from Hay Fever. As many as seven trains a day traveled to and from the mountain. The Balmoral provided accommodations for Grant�s friends and visitors, and for the reporters who kept a constant vigil on Grant. The hotel burned in 1897, and the railroad was dismantled in 1899.
In the summer of 1885 while trying to complete his memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant was dying of throat cancer. cheap hotels near disney world His doctors recommended Grant leave the heat and humidity of New York City. Joseph W. Drexel offered the Grants use of his cottage on Mt. McGregor. They accepted, arriving here on June 16. Engravings from Frank Leslie�s Illustrated Newspaper , August 8, 1885.
Before arriving at Mt. McGregor, Grant had begun writing his memoirs. Grant�s friend, Samuel Clements (Mark Twain) had agreed to publish the book through his firm, Charles L. Webster & Co. It was hoped that public demand for the book would insure financial security for Grant�s wife Julia. Ulysses S. Grant,
By Bill Coughlin, June 27, 2012 2. The Hotel and Ulysses S. Grant at Mt. McGregor Marker 18th president of the United States and Commanding General of the Union Army during the Civil War, died the morning of July 23, 1885, just days after completing his Personal Memoirs .
After the hotel burned, the cottage and the outlook were preserved, first by the Grand Army of the Republic, and then by New York State. Today, the Friends of Ulysses S. Grant Cottage manage the site in cooperation with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the New York State Department of Corrections.
cheap hotels near disney world The monument is built upon a concrete base and has a protective railing placed there by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to prevent visitors from taking chips off the monument which some years ago had to be recut because of that reason. Excerpt from The Passing of the Pine, by J.F. O�Neill in the Mount McGregor Optimist , Jan, 1923.
Location. 43 12.054 N, 73 44.58 W. Marker is in Wilton, New York, in Saratoga County. Marker can be reached from Mt. McGregor Road, on the right when traveling north. Click for map . Marker is located at the overlook near the Visitor Center at Grant�s Cottage State Historic Site. The cottage is on the grounds of the Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility. Marker is in this post office area: Gansevoort NY 12831, United States cheap hotels near disney world of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Grant�s Last Trip to the Eastern Outlook (within cheap hotels near disney world shouting distance of this marker); Grant�s Last View of the Valley (within shouting distance of this marker); Ulysses S. Grant (about 600 feet away, in a direct line); a different marker also named Ulysses S. Grant (about 600 feet away); Grant Cottage (approx. 0.5 miles away); a different marker also named Grant Cottage (approx. 1.4 miles away); a different marker also named Grant Cottage (approx. 1.5 miles away); a different marker also named Grant Cottage (approx. 1.6 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Wilton.
More about this marker. A photo of the view appears along the top of the marker. Identified in the photo are the locations of Glens Falls; Finch Pruyn & Co.; Glens Falls Cement; South Glens Falls Water Tower; Hudson Falls Adirondack Resource Recovery Facility; Southern end of the Champlain Valley; Exit 17 of the Northway; Fort Edward - Site of the Jane McCrea Massacre July 27, 1777; Hudson River Between Hills; Taconic Mountains; Green Mountains behind Taconic Range; Dorset Mountains, Taconic Range; and Equinox Mountains, Vermont Taconic Range elevation 3516 feet.
July 20, 1885 Credits. This page originally submitted on June 29, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 28 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 29, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.