Sep 18, 2023
Bluffton's earliest community band
1881 band included several businessmen and community leaders Civic pride is demonstrated in this 1881 photograph of one of several early...
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Aug 28, 2023
There's still time to purchase school supplies
Including books, pencils, paper and slates Despite the fact that the 2023-24 school year is already underway, there’s still a chance to...
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Aug 17, 2023
Looking for Benroth's Saloon or the Modern Suit and Skirt Co. ?
Sorry to say, they are no longer in businesses Here’s a familiar Bluffton Main Street business block, home of three stores in an undated...
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Aug 15, 2023
135 years ago, this was the Jackson-Grove intersection of Bluffton
Barns, wooden fences and empty lots were all that occupied the neighborhood of Jackson and Grove streets in 1888, when this picture was...
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Jul 29, 2023
700 horses drove Bluffton's economy in the 1890
Bluffton was never a one-horse town MANY HORSE PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY Can you guess the number of horses in Richland Township...
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Jun 5, 2023
Last chance for a walk down Main Street in the 1890s
Tuesday's walking tours at 4 and 6 p.m. A few spots remain on Tuesday afternoon's walking tour of Main Street Bluffton in 1890. Stop in...
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May 31, 2023
All that remains is a cemetery
Ever hear of Cannonsburg, Hassan, Webster, Armorsville... the story of Bluffton's neighboring ghost towns A Bluffton News item from Oct....
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May 24, 2023
The era before high school bands
Bluffton Merchants Band - all men and all brass (except for the drums) Meet members of the Bluffton Merchants Band from the early 1890s....
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May 11, 2023
Do not hitch your horse to a fire hydrant in Bluffton
One of several rules governing water usage in the 1890s Imagine being required to turn off your water line each time the fire department...
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Apr 10, 2023
Five covered wagons and a performing bear
Passed through Bluffton last Saturday - 125 years ago this month It happened in Bluffton 125 years ago this month - April 1898 A gang of...
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Apr 7, 2023
The Beaver Dam saloon fight of 1895
No sooner did the authorities enter the saloon than a combat was entered into without taking time to sign articles of agreement. The...
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Mar 17, 2023
How many saloons in Bluffton in the 1890s?
12 or 13, no one knows for certain How many saloons existed in Bluffton in the 1890s? No one is really certain. There may have been 12 or...
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Mar 7, 2023
If you thought DDT was dangerous...
Read these stories about nitroglycerin accidents causing deaths in the 1890s The 1890s oil boom brought to Bluffton prosperity plus some...
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Feb 8, 2023
Bluffton drinks coffee here today
But at the turn of an earlier century was a pharmacy, jewelry store, wallpaper shop and a place to buy stringed instruments - not to...
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Dec 16, 2022
When Bluffton was a boom town
Decade of the 1890s makes it our Golden Age No question about it. Bluffton’s experienced its Golden Age during decade of the 1890s....
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Dec 13, 2022
C.M. Doty, plumbing & Heating
But, where was your Bluffton business located? Today we don't know C.M. Doty, where was your Bluffton plumbing and heating business?...
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Dec 8, 2022
It's the 1890s in Bluffton
Will Hahn opened The Oak Restaurant on East Cherry Street In the 1890s Bluffton had either 12 or 13 saloons. The exact number depends...
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Sep 7, 2022
What hats they wore in 1890s
Publicity photo for Bertha Althaus, Bluffton milliner Five of Bluffton’s young adults from the 1890s pose in this Will Triplett studio...
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Aug 26, 2022
Riley's deep, dark, dangerous secrets
Due to quarries in the Riley, it could be said that Bluffton was built under water Former quarry near Tom Fett Road bridge Did you know...
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Jul 27, 2022
Did Johnny Appleseed pass through Bluffton?
A Bluffton News article provides some interesting theories Did American folk hero John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman pass through Bluffton...
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