Before William F. Breck created a plat for the Grove City settlement in 1852, W. B. and J. A. Hawks operated a stage coach and mail route along a dusty trail between Columbus and Harrisburg. By 1850, Joseph O’Brien and William Bender had taken over the route maintaining a regular schedule then between Columbus and Mt. Sterling with stops in Grove City and Harrisburg.

Katherine Grant Corbett, daughter of Adam Grant, was an avid bird watcher according to an article by naturalist Jim McCormac, a feature writer for the Columbus Dispatch. In 1909, McCormac received a note pad that belonged to Katherine where she recorded every bird species she had witnessed. A bird guide book that was a Christmas gift helped identify them. She wrote the house sparrow was “seen everywhere on every day of the year” and pointed out that bird was also called a “street urchin.”

Believe it or not, a woman was the first person jailed in Grove City back in 1866. Mrs. Ike Bucher was arrested for disturbing the peace in her neighborhood. There are no known photographs of that early jail. The brick jail, pictured, built in 1893, was once located where the Safety Complex is today.

SWFCHS is holding their annual “Yard Sale” this Saturday, June 22 at Century Village (4185 Orders Road) from 9a-1p. Just head to the depot for all the bargains! We hope to see you there.

We have posted a revised and extensive article on the history of Beulah Park, starting with a community area created by a well-known name in Grove City, repurposed to a horse racing track for many decades—and now a community park again. Many thanks to member Jim Hale for his hard work on this effort! Check it out!