Hardscrabble: the log cabin Grant built

Grant moved his family to a log cabin in late 1856. Within three months, Julia, displeased by the living conditions at “Hardscrabble,” moved the family back to White Haven.

Hardscrabble with howitzers
2017
Hardscrabble, Ulysses S. Grant's log cabin, is situated on "Grant's Farm," now a privately-owned estate adjacent to Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site.
Photograph taken by NPS staff

(Hardscrabble log cabin postcard)
1910
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Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site, ULSG 7544

"The House that Grant Built"
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
1904
Grant's son Frederick is pictured in front of Hardscrabble, the log cabin his father built from 1855 to 1856.
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Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site, ULSG 7543