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December 10 BOHS social & business meeting
Dear Fellow Bluffton Historians, Please join us for a festive evening on Wednesday at The Depot at 7:00 p.m. for our regularly scheduled monthly Bluffton Ohio Historical Society meeting. There will be just a few items of business, then we'll have a social time to visit with one another. As discussed at our last meeting, feel free to bring a snack or dessert item to share. And of course, if it's an old Bluffton recipe and you can share who it's from, you'll earn bonus points!
Dec 8, 2025
The life of my small town changed forever when the railroad arrived
Fred Steiner, formerly of Bluffton and now of Cincinnati [and the founder of the Bluffton Icon and Ada Icon], presented a program in early November 2025 in a club member meeting held in the Cincinnati Union Terminal. Steiner has presented the program several times; it is now available on YouTube . The presentation titled “The life of my small town changed forever when the railroad arrived” is a narrative of the three railroads that once passed through Bluffton. Those include
Dec 4, 2025
Decorate the Depot with BOHS
The December 10 meeting of the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society will include a holiday decorating bee with potluck refreshments. Join us at 7:00 p.m. at the 1899 Depot at Buckeye Lake, a.k.a. the Bluffton Sportsmen's Club. The photo featured here is of jeweler N.C. Herr standing outside his shop at the corner of Main St. and Cherry in downtown Bluffton (currently the Twisted Whisk Cafe). This hand colored photo enlargement was displayed in the Cardinal Room at what is now Cha
Nov 18, 2025