Grant's Farm

South county is home to Grant's Farm, the 281 acre ancestral home of the Busch family. The Farm is home to more than 900 animals representing more than 100 different species. Ulysses S. Grant actually founded and farmed a portion of the 281 acres in the 1850's. This attraction is also free.  There is a free trolley ride that takes you on sort of a safari ride through the grounds where elk, buffalo, zebra, deer and antelope, (and other animals) play.


Along with the animals roaming freely that you can see from the trolley, they have animals you can get close to.  They even have a small amphitheater where they have cute animal shows.

There are stables on property where many of the Clydesdales are kept.  This time there was even a baby one for us to see.  Across from the "farm" is a museum and large pastures where the Clydesdales are allowed to roam when they aren't in stables.

Part of the farm in Grants house.  It is a 9.65-acre  United States National Historic Site.  It is located 10 miles southwest of Downtown St. Louis

 The site, also known as White Haven, commemorates the life, military career, and Presidency of Ulysses S Grant.

Five historic structures are preserved at the site.

 White Haven was a plantation worked by slaves at the time Grant was married to his wife in 1848 and remained so until the end of the American Civil War.