White Haven (Other Keyword)
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For three weeks during the summer of 1991, an archeological team investigated the abandoned estate of White Haven, family home of Julia Dent Grant, which now is referred to as Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site since coming into the National Park System in 1990. Those excavations served two major purposes: (1) to provide information on the structural evolution of White Haven for preparation of a Historic Structures Report on the property; and (2) to examine two large open grassy parcels...
Searching for the Elusive Latrine: Archeological Investigations in the Backyard of the Summer Kitchen, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (2001)
A team from the National Park Service's Midwest Archeological Center (MW AC) carried out backhoe and hand test excavations behind the Summer Kitchen (HS2) at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site (ULSG) in an effort to locate archeological evidence of fence lines and the site of a small building believed to be a privy. The archeological investigations were undertaken to gather data to support the reconstruction of the historic fenceline and avoid, to the extent possible, the effect of the...