Grant County was organized on June 9, 1888, by Richard Joyce; D. C. Sullivan; and Billie Joy. All three were early cattle
 ranchers utilizing most of the county. The county was named for General Ulysses S. Grant, and contains the town of Ulysses

 The Santa Fe Trail passage through the county increased awareness of the area. The campaign and county seat fight for
 locating the county seat in either Ulysses, Appomoattox, Schockeyville, Golden, or Spurgeon called for a general election on
 October 16, 1888, with Ulysses winning. In 1909 Ulysses was moved from a location about three miles away to its present
 location.