Atlas Provides Window Into Past

An 1870 Atlas of Columbus and Franklin County provided a window into the past of Grove City and Jackson Township. At that time, there were only three buildings west of Broadway in the Grove City’s downtown.  According to the map, Broadway was then called Columbus...

Old Hardware: Garage, Dance Hall

Southwest Pioneer, January 2012 The former Grove City Hardware building, now better known as Cultivate, an organization that promotes entrepreneurs, was built in 1915.             Built by Henry J. Meyer for Carl...

Grove City Banks Organize In 1903

  1903 was a big year for banking in the Village of Grove City.  On April 21, 1903, the Grove City Savings Bank Co. was capitalized with $25,000.  The prime movers included A. G. Grant, Emil Kiesewetter and E. C. Wagner.  The bank originally...

Bloodworms Invade Grove City Water

Last August 2014, the Colcord, Oklahoma made national news in a not so positive way.  Town officials advised residents not to drink water from the tap.  Why?  Bloodworms had invaded the water system and were flowing through the water lines into homes and businesses....