Mill Street was once an important part of the early town and it is remembered with a historical marker placed at the entrance to Beulah Park off the Columbus Street extension. This early wagon trail led the way to William Foster Breck’s sawmill just south of the old Farmers Exchange, today known as the Mill Street Market Building. Breck was the founder of Grove City.

Bill Ferguson Sr., president of the Grove City Jaycees, was a speaker at the organizations state convention at the Deshler Hotel in Columbus. In attendance was President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Grove City became a village just a few years before the Civil War. Several men from the small settlement joined military units formed in Columbus. Many men in the Union Army were introduced to a new soap and they continued to use it after the war. In 1878, that product was given a name, Ivory. It was much better than the lye soap commonly used at the time.

The Dairy Queen on Southwest Boulevard occupies the site as one of the early hamburger joints, the BBF, properly named the Burger Boy FOOD-O-RAMA. After the BBF closed, Borden Milk Company’s Elsie the Cow took over the building introducing the Borden Burger chain of restaurants. Notice to BBF ashtray; diners were allowed to smoke inside the building.

Besides farming topics at a Grange Meeting in 1899, members heard a talk about snakes and another discussion on women’s rights.