The House Where I was Born – Part 3

(The following was written by Hulda Rader, and is reprinted from “Reflections”, a collection of local stories available at the Grove City Welcome Center and Museum). At this point in time, Dad decided that he wanted to farm. He bought four horses, Betty, Grace, Lady...

The House Where I was Born – Part 2

(The following was written by Hulda Rader, and is reprinted from “Reflections”, a collection of local stories available at the Grove City Welcome Center and Museum). In 1914 our home on Park Street was remodelled and made into a modern home for its day.  Kitchen...

The House Where I was Born – Part 1

(The following was written by Hulda Rader, and is reprinted from “Reflections”, a collection of local stories available at the Grove City Welcome Center and Museum). Traveling west on Park Street in Grove City, Ohio, I just never pass a certain dwelling...

Man Without Pants

Abe Goldhart, a Grove City Chevrolet dealer and one-time Grove City motorcycle marshal, was playing pool with Howard Reynolds at what is now Planks when a youthful man came running up Harrisburg Pike wearing nothing but a shirt and his underwear.  The man, who had...

Milligan Turkey Farm

Grove City once had one of the largest turkey farms in all of Ohio.  The farm, which housed as many as 15,000 turkeys, was on Hoover Road where the Grove City High School complex is located today.  It was operated by George and Martha Milligan and it sold and marketed...