{"id":924,"date":"2012-01-25T21:38:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T21:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=924"},"modified":"2012-01-26T22:52:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T22:52:17","slug":"1887-president-grover-cleveland-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=924","title":{"rendered":"1887 President Grover Cleveland trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On September 30, 1887 President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland left Washington DC on a 5000 mile journey through the western and southern\u00a0U.S.\u00a0 They rode in a train provided by rail magnate George Pullman.\u00a0 President Cleveland insisted on personally covering the cost of the train.\u00a0 After numerous stops, the Presidential train arrived in St. Louis Missouri where the Presidential party stayed for four days.\u00a0 During their stay, President and Mrs. Cleveland were given a ride on the steamer CITY OF BATON ROUGE which served as an excursion boat in the St. Louis area.\u00a0\u00a0 The above picture was taken from a postcard commerating the Presidential visit.\u00a0\u00a0 Since there is a very large crowd and what appears to be soldiers lining the ramp of the LEE LINE wharf boat the people walking down the ramp must be the Presidential party.\u00a0 Notice the two people in the lower right corner of the picture holding what appear to be sabers.\u00a0 Later in the trip, the President arrived in West Memphis on October 14, 1887 where the Presidential party was carried across the river on the steamer KATE ADAMS.\u00a0 On\u00a0board were\u00a0100 people including Democratic senators and the mayor as well as other notable citizens who greeted the President.\u00a0 As they were ferried across the river on the KATE\u00a0they were greeted by 60,000 people as the KATE traveled the 3 mile length of the Memphis water front.\u00a0 The next day over 100,000 people cheered the President during a parade through downtown Memphis.\u00a0\u00a0 The link below details the Cleveland’s trip.\u00a0\u00a0 The original picture had several age related problems as well as a dog-eared corner which my friend and Photo-Shop expert Josh Gamble repaired.<\/p>\n

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