Admission to Grant's Farm, tram rides and shows are free. Parking fees are $5 per vehicle, buses park free and $19 for a season parking pass, available at the General's Store. Stroller rental is $4/single or $6/double. For more information, call (314) 843-1700.
These are some of our photos taken in May 2003.
Grant's Farm is a 281 acre wildlife preserve and historical site located just south of the city of St. Louis, Missouri and is operated by Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
In 1848, Ulysses S. Grant and his new bride, Julia Dent, received 80 acres of Dent family land southwest of St. Louis as a wedding gift. In 1855, Grant started sawing and notching the logs that would be used to build a 4 room, two story cabin on the property that he and Julia received for a wedding gift. Grant established his farm and named it "Hardscrabble". Grant did a large part of the work on the cabin himself. In 1885, the home passed out of the hands of the Grant family and was sold to various people and was finally purchased by Adolphus A. Busch in 1907. In the intervening years, the cabin had been moved to Old Orchard, Missouri and displayed at the 1904 World's Fair. Adolphus had the cabin moved and reassembled. In 1977, Anheuser-Busch had the cabin restored to its present condition.
The Farm is home to hundreds of exotic animals from around the world. The Farm takes its name from our 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant. In the 1850s, Ulysses S. Grant farmed a portion of the 281 acres. The land, which later became the ancestral home of the Busch family, is preserved as Anheuser-Busch's commitment to wildlife conservation and preservation. Grant's Farm is also home to one of the breeding operations for the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales.
