They cost much more today. The Ford Model T touring car on display at the Grove City Welcome Center and Museum originally cost $690. Notice when you visit there is no door on the driver’s side of the vehicle. It has no electric ignition; you had to use a hand crank to start the engine. The 1912 Ford was donated to the city by Louis and Joan Eyerman. It was a regular attraction in the Arts in the Alley Parade for many years.

Chief White Hawk, as he was locally known, was a native Cherokee medicine man who sold bottled herbs remedies in the Grove City area in the mid-1920s. He and his family lived near Miller’s Station where I-71 South intersects with Harrisburg Pike. He also served nine years as an Army scout during the Indian Wars in the late 1800s.

There's new information about Galloway (also known as Smithville and Galloway Station) on the Southwest Franklin County Historical Society website (swfchs.org). Find out why the name changed on the Prairie Township page.

The Southwest Franklin County Historical Society has two events this Saturday, June 28, both at Century Village on Orders Rd.

Our Annual Yard Sale will be held at the Village Depot from 9a-1p. to help support the Society’s efforts,, and our monthly Summer Open House will be later the same day from 2-4p. Come peruse some items and learn about local history!

There's additional new information on the Southwest Franklin County Historical Society website about Lincoln Village; when it was planned and who was responsible.  It is an interesting read with the assistance of WOSU Public Media.  Go to swfchs.org and search Prairie Township in the History section.