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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUU_a-slave-plantation_St.-Louis-MO.html
In 1843, Ulysses S. Grant first visited White Haven as a young second lieutenant. In the decades after that first visit, Grant, White Haven, and the country underwent vast changes in response to the turbulent issues that divided the nation.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUS_a-community-within-a-community-150-years-ago-contraband_St.-Louis-MO.html
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A Community within a Community
Surrounding this slave plantation in the 1850s were other large properties that were also dependent on slave labor. Interwoven with these were smaller tracts of land where family members accomplished…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUO_changes-at-white-haven-150-years-ago-grants-horses_St.-Louis-MO.html
Changes at White Haven (left panel)
The end of the war brought many changes to the White Haven estate. The previously enslaved African Americans were free and appear to have left the area. Labor was now provided by German and French immigrants. U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUN_a-place-called-home-150-years-ago-petersburg_St.-Louis-MO.html
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A Place Called Home
The Dent and Grant families spent many enjoyable years on this plantation while their children were growing up. While a few of the enslaved people lived in the house, most were housed in log cabins behind the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUL_working-plantation-150-years-ago-emancipation_St.-Louis-MO.html
Working Plantation (left panel)
White Haven was typical of slave plantations in the area during the mid-1800s. As times changed, so did the operation of the farm in terms of labor, equipment and methods. Prior to the Civil War, Colonel Dent's in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUK_grants-departure-150-years-ago-8212_St.-Louis-MO.html
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Grant's Departure
After the Presidency and a world tour, Ulysses and Julia Grant settled in New York to be closer to their children and grandchildren. While the romance of one day returning to White Haven remained, it was not prac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUI_outbuildings-150-years-ago-colored-troops_St.-Louis-MO.html
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Outbuildings
Operating an 850-acre slave plantation required numerous outbuildings. Col. Frederick Dent's enslaved African-Americans labored in these outbuildings and kept the farm self-sufficient prior to the Civil War.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM145N_the-roads-to-white-haven_St.-Louis-MO.html
Settlement in St. Louis County first occurred along the three main thoroughfares out from the city: Gravois to the southwest, Manchester to the west, and Natural Bridge to the northwest. Railroad development paralleled the Mississippi River to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM145L_new-buildings-for-white-haven_St.-Louis-MO.html
Grant's plans for developing the farm resulted in many improvements, including a barn and stable built between 1869 and 1872. The stable you see today housed Grant's horses. The barn that also appears in the 1875 illustration of the farm sheltered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM145H_early-owners-of-the-farm_St.-Louis-MO.html
The builder of the house, as well as its subsequent owners, were well-known and respected individuals, and the farm reflected their status in the St. Louis community. Modifications were made to the original two-story, four-room structure to accomm…