Confidence Cemetery

The quaint painted green wrought iron gate with its white enamel lettering greets those coming to visit Confidence Cemetery. The creek near this cemetery, which feeds into White Oak Creek, is the site where a 15-year-old Ulysses single-handedly moved a two-and-a-half-ton chunk of limestone a full mile to serve as a local doctor’s front door step. The stone now sits behind Grant’s childhood home and is decorated with a commemorative placard that was affixed in 1947 to commemorate Grant’s childhood ingenuity. Visiting hours are from dawn to dusk.