# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A Missouri Love Story
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: When a young officer newly graduated from West Point met the oldest daughter of a gruff Missouri slaveowner, farmer and land speculator, it was love at first sight. Ulysses Grant and Julia Dent courted at her family farm, White Haven, until he was called away to the Mexican War. Secretly engaged, Ulysses wrote tender letters to Julia between daring exploits in battle. On his return, they were married. Ulysses’ military career stagnated and after a miserable period of separation while he was stationed on the West Coast, Ulysses resigned to join Julia at White Haven. Jim Erwin tells the story of their early life, their courtship, and their life in Missouri before the Civil War. Ulysses and Julia shared a civilian life marked by ambiguities-some successes, some failures, an uneasy relationship with her father and his enslaved persons, and with the enslaved persons Ulysses himself hired and owned.

 
Jim Erwin practiced law in St. Louis for 38 years. He is the author or co-author of eight books on various local history subjects, including the Civil War in Missouri, steamboat disasters, and 200 years of notorious crimes in Missouri. His latest book (with his wife Vicki) is Ulysses and Julia Grant’s Missouri Love Story, published by the History Press in 2025. They have not written a book about movies made in Missouri, but they would like to.

Brought to you from Missouri Humanities and Missouri Historical Society.

*Please note that RSVPing "Going" on Facebook does not count as registration. To attend this program, you must register through our library calendar.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/owensville/a-missouri-love-story/200030095494915
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Owensville
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 503 Olive Street, Owensville, MO, United States, Missouri 65066
- **lat**: 38.34302
- **long**: -91.49472
- **full address**: 503 Olive Street, Owensville, MO, United States, Missouri 65066

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: A Missouri Love Story
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/d8d12a7278297842557e66760ed2acb4e4d662f7a089e20841394e7ad6ad8bff-rimg-w792-h612-dcfefefe-gmir?v=1779409275

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is A Missouri Love Story being held?
  - **A:** A Missouri Love Story takes place on Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 503 Olive Street, Owensville, MO, United States, Missouri 65066.
- **Q**: Who is organizing A Missouri Love Story?
  - **A:** A Missouri Love Story is organized by Scenic Regional Library Owensville Branch.

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