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President
Ulysses S. Grant
Gets Hooked in the
Pennsylvania Wilds
by Brady J. Crytzer
illustration-Wikimedia Commons
I
n August of 1869 President Ulysses S. Grant
made his first journey into the Pennsylvania
Wilds. Just 5 months after his inauguration
as the nation's 18th Commander in Chief, Grant
paid a visit to his old friend Thomas Leiper Kane
in search of a much-needed vacation. With the
weight of a nation on his shoulders, Grant spent
his time trout fishing on the creeks and streams of
McKean and Elk counties. The journey prompted
the President to say, " I have never enjoyed myself
more since I was a boy, than I have this day. "
On August 15, Kane hosted Grant in the city
Ulysses S. Grant
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that bore his name. Kane, McKean County,
was small and named in honor of his service as
commander of the famed Pennsylvania Bucktails
in the Civil War. Despite its humble beginnings,
it was well known for its abundant trout streams
at the time. On their first fishing excursion, the
President's party was escorted to a stream outside
of town, and Grant was given the honor of riding
Kane's prized horse. Named " Old Clarion, " the
horse handled the terrain well but rolled over in
the water with the President on his back. Grant
was an experienced horseman and jumped to
safety, and while most onlookers were terrified,
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