
Meet the 1937 Bluffton school board
Sidney Huber, Ralph Patterson, Chester Stauffer, Dr. W.M. Niswander, A.D. Hall, Peter Gratz Members of the Bluffton school board of...
Aug 7, 2023
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Did your grandparents work here?
This was Bluffton's largest employer for several decades of the 20th century. It's the Triplett plant on Harmon Road, as the photo...
Aug 4, 2023
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Let's watch a movie at the Odeon
From 1914 to the 1950s it was Ada's downtown movie theatre This isn’t Bluffton; it’s Ada, home of the Odeon movie theatre. In case you...
Aug 1, 2023
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Have you heard about the 1938 LaFayette grave robbery
Grave robbers were apparently seeking a valuable ring Note: This story is part of a Bluffton history book to be released later this...
Jul 25, 2023
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The day the earth shook in Bluffton
IT WAS MARCH OF 1937 Eighty-three years ago this spring – the year was 1937 – Bluffton residents felt the tremors of Ohio’s most severe...
Jul 22, 2023
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Yes, Dillinger was here
Bullet holes in building at 101 N. Main St., from the 1933 robbery You've walked past these John Dillinger bullet holes countless times,...
Jan 13, 2023
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Here's all the players in the Dillinger bank robbery
This two-page map is part of the booklet "Four Guys Walk Into A Bluffton Bank" You can put John Dillinger under your Christmas tree this...
Dec 16, 2022
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Did John Dillinger stop here for gas?
Dick Habegger, owner of this Bluffton filling station, said that he did This is not only a classic Bluffton photo – there's a classic...
Aug 1, 2022
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Round trip - Bluffton to Cleveland
In 1937 you could take the Nickel Plate Railroad from Bluffton to Cleveland, round-trip for $2.50 per person. The special price was part...
Apr 3, 2022
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The story of the "old" wing of the high school
When opened, it attached to the original Bluffton HS building built in 1911 Depending upon when you attended Bluffton High School, the...
Oct 13, 2021
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