Aug 22, 2023
60 school years ago in Bluffton
BHS class of 1974 in Ruby Murray's first grade Members of the Bluffton High School graduating class of 1974 as students in Ruby Murray’s...
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Jul 18, 2023
How the I-75 overpasses were built
Photos reveal construction underway in the early 1960s If you are curious about how the overpasses on Interstate 75 came to be, these...
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Jul 17, 2023
But, where are the awnings?
It's Main Street Bluffton in 1966 Let’s turn back Bluffton’s clock to May 10, 1966. The storefront awnings were on their way, but not...
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Jul 16, 2023
1963 Main Street make over underway
Can you identify this scene on Bluffton's Main Street? This was North Main Street Bluffton in the summer of 1963. You are looking at...
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Jul 15, 2023
It's 1966 and we are walking up Main Street
Any idea what that ZT license plate means? (Answer is below) It’s the fall of 1966 and you are walking north on Bluffton’s Main Street....
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Jul 5, 2023
Bluffton Girl Scout Troop 315
Was it in 1966 or 1967? Here's Bluffton's Girl Scout Troop 315 from 1966 or '67 – • Front row, from left: Koneta Campbell Vogt, Vickie...
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May 3, 2023
Our 100-year parade
It's 1961 during Bluffton's centennial celebration Here is one of the best photos ever taken showing Bluffton’s Main Street in the early...
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Mar 28, 2023
When coal powered Bluffton
One of many village smokestacks no longer standing No way is this Bluffton. Actually it is. First, some hints. No one under 65 can...
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Mar 27, 2023
When Bluffton turned 100
It was the summer of 1961 It’s 1961 on Main Street – but those Model T’s give a feeling of the 1920s. This photograph was taken during...
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Mar 23, 2023
A walk down Main St. 60 years ago
It's August 1963 - a warm summer day in downtown Bluffton. Dick Boehr took this photo and let's name the businesses from right to left: •...
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Feb 24, 2023
Bluffton's 1960 antique car show
By the way, the telephone booth did not have a dial phone It's the summer of 1960. Main Street is filled with old cars. There's plenty to...
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Jan 23, 2023
Classic with a capital "C"
Photo tucked away in a 1965 Bluffton HS yearbook Yes, it's a classic pose. And, important enough to be spread over two pages. Here's a...
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Dec 30, 2022
Ken Cookson updates us on the gas station next to Pure Oil
Turn your calendar back to the late 1960s and read this column The following is a letter from former Bluffton resident Ken Cookson. It is...
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Dec 28, 2022
It's 1965 with leaded gasoline on the menu
That Stauffer Pure Oil station location is now Smith's Realty, Padrone's Pizza and Ameriprise It's January 1965. Dick Boehr took this...
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Nov 16, 2022
BHS letter winner from 56 seasons ago
1965-66 Varsity B Members of the Bluffton High School Varsity B during the 1965-66 school year. Front from left, Dave Cochran, Larry...
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Jul 25, 2022
It's Carma Theatre week on Bluffton Forever
Guess who came to dinner It's Carma Theatre week on Bluffton Forever. To view yesterday’s feature “A New Leaf” from 1971 CLICK HERE....
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Jun 3, 2022
Hey, gramps, what were the '60s like?
One way to answer this is to check out this Bluffton photo If you want to know what the 1960s were like in Bluffton, but don't have a...
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May 16, 2022
It's 1969 & here comes the Golden Spike Ltd.
Lima-built NKP Berkshire 765 roars through Bluffton It’s springtime in 1969 and 25 minutes before this photo was taken Nickel Plate 765...
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Jan 12, 2022
Derailment on the AC & Y
It was a winter afternoon in 1965 when this Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad freight train derailed in Pandora, Ohio. Charles Hilty,...
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