{"product_id":"2940149647446","title":"Mt. McGregor Legacy","description":"This is the story of the legacy of the development of Mt. McGregor in Saratoga County, based on notes prepared for the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Friends of Ulysses S. Grant Cottage, and for a public porch chat at Grant Cottage. \u003cbr\u003eThe New York State Historical Site at Grant Cottage was located within the grounds of a state correctional facility until the prison was vacated in July of 2014. \u003cbr\u003eGrant Cottage was the original resort (1872-1881) built on the mountain by Duncan McGregor. \u003cbr\u003eThe Hotel Balmoral (1881-1897) moved McGregor's hotel, to make room for the new hotel  to be built at the same location that McGregor had chosen.The old hotel became the private cottage of Joseph W. Drexel.  \u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1885, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was Drexel's guest at the mountain retreat, so that Grant could have some relief during his terminal illness. While there, the General lived long enough to complete the writing of his \"Memoirs.\"  Because Grant died at the cottage, the place became the American shrine to his memory that is now the Grant Cottage New York State Historical Site.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stuart Stiles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183243313392,"sku":"2940149647446","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149647446_p0.jpg?v=1763720967","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149647446","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}