Gilpin Historical Society
by David Forsyth, PhD
Although Gilpin County has enjoyed its share of famous visitors, perhaps none was as famous as Ulysses S. Grant. Grant first visited Central City in July 1868 with Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and Phil Sheridan, greeting well-wishers in the old Wells Fargo Express Office on Lawrence Street. He was running for president at the time, but his stop in Central City was part of a vacation, not an official campaign stop.
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