Augsburgers, Bracys, Burkholders, Niswanders, Steiners and many others Members of the Bluffton High School class of 1917 as eighth...

April 1919 - reports of seven local men in the service: William Ryan, Charles Hilty, Floyd Woods, Marion Watkins, Lowell Schaublin,...

• 417 residents donate to Red Cross plea; • John Althaus of Bluffton experienced the earthquake Unknown to Bluffton residents today there...

Here is the Knights of Maccabee drill team in dress uniform Lodges, or separate clubs for men and for women, were popular in the United...

Plus photos of Ada and Ottawa under water While crossing our fingers in hopes that the Riley Creek floods are a thing of the past, today...

Report of 1,221 attending Sunday School in late February, 1914 One hundred ten years ago Bluffton Sunday schools were bursting at the...

Professor H.W. Berky will speak on the use of gas in the war For viewers curious about Bluffton activities taking place 105 years ago...

Many familiar last names including: Bixel, Gratz, Geiger, Winkler, Gerber and others This gathering of relatives and friends at the P. B....

Even though the 19th amendment wasn't ratified until 1920 The 19th amendment guaranteed all American women the right to vote on Aug....

Word flashed over the wire that the Armistice was signed The biggest demonstration in the town’s history began Monday morning at 3...

Beaver Dam became Beaverdam in 1895 This photograph, originally a postcard, depicts Beaverdam’s Main Street in 1907. The photographer...

With Amanda Liechty and Rose Niswander It’s wash day. One summer afternoon in 1906 Samuel U. Amstutz set up this scene and photographed...

The tale of Bluffton's first teenage speeding ticket Take a wild guess. You’ll be way off. In which year was the first Bluffton teenager...

Bill Hahn, member of the Bluffton High School class of 1919 held the patent It’s a little-known fact that Bluffton, Ohio, is the home of...

This quartet played the mandolin, zither, accordion and guitar This photograph may change our impressions of rural Bluffton-Pandora life...

Jesse Bracy, Vance Schreider, Noah Messinger, Christian Gratz Note: Kevin Gratz, grandson of Chris Gratz, provided Bluffton Forever with...

It was in the Hilty school west of Bluffton in the early 1910s Imagine teaching school with a classroom with five sets of twins. Beyond...

Maybe the all-men's Quaint Klub of Bluffton There are many familiar last names in this photograph of young Bluffton men. It is possible...

In its place is Hauenstein's drug store at 101 S. Main St. Let's go inside and take a look around Let’s walk into a familiar Bluffton...

With Niswanders, Basingers, Luginbuhls, Matters and Criblezs Members of the 1910 St. John’s Reformed Church (today it is St. John's...