In the textile city of Manchester, Grant was moved by the reception he received in a city that had strongly supported the Union’s efforts during the Civil War despite its need for Confederate cotton. Similar scenes occurred in London, Birmingham and Newcastle, where workers enthusiastically greeted the former American President. They arrived in Liverpool 11 days later, where immense crowds welcomed them. On May 17, 1877, Ulysses and Julia Grant left Philadelphia on the steamer Indiana with their son Jesse and New York Herald journalist John Russell Young (who later documented the trip in Around the World with General Grant). It was the grandest tour an American couple had ever made at that time and signified international recognition of the United States as an emerging world power.
The Grants were greeted with parades and thunderous applause from common citizens, dined with royalty, and received lavish gifts. However, the voyage quickly mushroomed into an unprecedented two-and-a-half year tour through Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. They initially planned a vacation to England to visit their daughter Nellie, who had married Englishman Algernon Sartoris at the White House in 1874. Upon leaving the White House, the Grants sought a quieter life as private citizens. While President Grant had his successes, his presidency was a stressful eight years also marked by challenges, frustration, and disappointment. This period signified the rise and fall of Reconstruction, a prolonged effort to reunify the United States and gaurantee civil rights for all. Grant served as President of the United States from 1869-1877. This image depicts the Grants departure from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in May 1877. We noticed the restored hospital building using an enlargement of a 19th century brain operation illustration as a window treatment.Įven when it isn't overcast and chilly, the Fort Humboldt vibe is vaguely unsettling.Journalist John Russell Young's two-volume publication about the Grants' World Tour, "Around the World with General Grant," (1879) featured hundreds of beautiful lithograph drawings depicting the Grants' travels. There's a small history museum, and interpretive displays along trails describe fort life with cutouts of tents and troop silhouettes. The statue and cannon are gone the DAR plaque remains. By the 1980s, the role of Grant at the site had been played down. The Fort was used to assemble Native Americans for removal to reservations, and the troops weren't able to prevent horrible massacres by vigilante settlers. The park at first cast the old army post as protector of the peace between Gold Rush enthusiasts, settlers and local tribes. He was enshrined with several commemorations at Fort Humboldt - including a statue, and a bronze plaque on a boulder, courtesy of the Daughters of the American Revolution and dedicated in 1925. With Grant's subsequent national accomplishments, Eureka embraced him as the town's most famous guy. It fell apart (today only a few buildings survive), and eventually became Fort Humboldt State Historic Park. The Army installation was abandoned after 1867. Fort Humboldt 1940s postcard of General Grant statue.
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