Grinter's wife's Indian name was “Windagamen,” which meant “Sweetness.” She was one of about 25 Delaware women who became U.S. citizens when the territory became a state.

Grinter operated a trading post at the site and later in the home, the oldest remaining in Wyandotte County, between 1855 and 1860.

[1][4] By the 1820s, François Gesseau Chouteau's family, part of the American Fur Company, operated posts in this vicinity.

The Delaware agency, smithy, and Baptist and Methodist missions were located near the Grinter Place.

Between 1863 and 1864, the Union Pacific Eastern Division built a railway through the area between the house and the Kaw River.