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Since the early days, Utah has been a draw for sitting U.S. presidents. Some came here to campaign, several came for official business, and others, well, they visited just for fun.

A couple of presidents were here for less than a day, but a few of them liked it so much that they came back over a dozen times. And for two, the hours spent here were some of their last on earth.

Ulysses S. Grant

President Ulysses S. Grant was the first U.S. president to visit in 1875, when he came to meet with his Utah territorial appointee, Gov. George Emery. While here, he also met with Brigham Young, the territory's first governor and then-president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Grant's wife, Julia, reportedly told Young she admired the pioneers' a

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