Grace City at one time had:

2 banks 2 hardware stores

2 general stores 2 implement houses

2 blacksmiths 1 drug store

2 lumberyards 2 pool halls

2 livery barns 2 hotels

1 flourmill 1 school

2 restaurants 2 telephone exchanges 1 depot (operators worked all night) 2 elevators 1 church

Records of the Post Office Department:

(From National Archives from Milton Young, U.S. Senate, September 29, 1930)

"The records of the Post Office Department in the National Archives show that a post office was established at Larrabee, Foster County, North Dakota, on September 4, 1882. Its name was changed to Grace City on September 26, 1910. The names of the postmasters who served at this office through 1929 and their dates of appointment were:

William H. Larrabee, September 4, 1882 (Section 25-14764)

George J. Backen, September 25, 1885 William H. Larrabee, October 22, 1885 Herbert Smith, April 30, 1886 (Section 19-147-64) Hiram D. Warren, November 4, 1887 (Section 14, 147-63) Jerome C. Warren, October 31, 1896 (Section 10) William Black, April 11, 1906 (Section 29) Ole Bonderud, July 18, 1908 (Section 20) Charles G. Banks; November 24, 1914 Ida L. Bonderud, January 10, 1919

Successor appointed on August 31, 1959 and there at present: Deloris Potter House

Rural Carriers: Fred Melgard, Thomas House, Donna Otto, Henry Hendrickson, Roger Kolpin.

The post office has been located in many of the buildings on Main Street, Grace City. Banks, hardware store, O.H. Bonderud Store, Drug Store, and for many years now is in the building formerly the Farmers and Merchants Bank.

Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 318