The Buckeye Ranch

Title: The Buckeye Ranch Category: Mental Health Clicks: 2 Listing added: Nov 30, 2007

The Ranch was founded by a group of women who, after searching for the community's greatest need, banded together to dedicate their time and resources to the troubled adolescents of Franklin County.

The Ranch’s Women's Service Board raised funds to purchase land in Grove City, Ohio and build the first residential cottage, Argo House, in 1961. After finding the perfect combination of warmth and clinical skill in newly hired Executive Director Dr. Les Bostic, the Ranch welcomed the first group of ten boys to live at the Ranch. As the years passed, new living quarters were added to accommodate a growing population of boys, ages 10 - 18, who suffered from emotional or behavioral problems.