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Point Pleasant, Ohio. Coordinates: 38°53′40″N 84°14′02″W. Location of Point Pleasant, Ohio. Point Pleasant is a small unincorporated community in southern Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States. It is located on the Ohio River, around 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Cincinnati. U.S. Route 52 passes through Point Pleasant ...
Apr 1, 2022 · Image courtesy of Ohio History Connection. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army in the Civil War and 18 th president of the United States was born in this one-story, timber-frame home on April 27, 1822 to Jesse and Hannah Simpson Grant. The Grants settled in Point Pleasant in 1821 and Jesse took charge of the tannery located nearby.
Tour the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and two-term president of the United States. See how the Grant family established themselves in southern Ohio in the early 19th century and hear the fascinating story of the house and how it traveled in Ohio until its return to Point Pleasant. Average visit time: Allow 1 hour.
Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army in the Civil War and eighteenth president of the United States, was born in this small frame cottage in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Today, Grant's birthplace is restored and open to the public.
The Silver Bridge was an eyebar -chain suspension bridge built in 1928 which carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge, [1] it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint.
The small white cottage where President Ulysses S. Grant was born sits midway up a hill overlooking the Ohio River in Point Pleasant. Built in 1817, the cottage represents the humble beginnings of a man who would play an enormous role in binding together a splintered country and setting the stage for defining its identity as both a nation and a world power.
