
When July in Bluffton was rodeo time
This was not a dude rodeo. Professional bronc riders and bull riders came each year, mostly from Ohio, Michigan and Indiana
Jul 11, 2024
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They graduated from BHS from 1950 to 1959
BLUFFTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS MEMBERS FROM 1950 T0 1959 Class of 1950 Peter Eugene Hankish, president Virginia Kay Berry, vice-president...
May 22, 2024
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Did Leland Gerber take your senior picture?
He did If you graduated from Bluffton High School in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s Most residents 70 and older once sat in the chair where...
May 9, 2024
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A special Bluffton person
Dewey "Doc" Forman ... he was a special Bluffton person with a niche of his own calling Dewey Forman - photo taken in early 1960s by...
Apr 23, 2024
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Adella Steiner Oyer
• 12th in our series of outstanding Bluffton High School alumni • A pioneer female teacher, she was the first-ever married women hired at...
Mar 28, 2024
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Roscoe Evans
• 11th in our series of famous Bluffton High School alumni • For 23 years he was caretaker of the world's largest organ - located in...
Mar 15, 2024
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An early Travel Class photo
These Bluffton women were interested in understanding the world outside Bluffton Here's another Travel Class group photo - but from an...
Mar 14, 2024
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Dorothy "Dottie" Anderson
10th in our series of famous BHS alumni Pioneer aviatrix taught hundreds of students to fly Bluffton airport terminal named in her honor...
Mar 7, 2024
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John Hartzler
8th in our series of famous BHS alumni He's the reason the Bluffton HS mascot is the Pirate Became assistant superintendent of Akron City...
Mar 1, 2024
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Judge and Mayor Ralph S. Locher
7th in our series of famous Bluffton High School alumni; Ralph Locher rose to the top of Ohio's political world, became Cleveland mayor...
Feb 23, 2024
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Dr. Rosella Biederman Boehm
6th in our series of famous Bluffton High School alumni; Pioneer Bluffton-Jenera physician with original intention of becoming a medical...
Feb 16, 2024
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This BHS athlete has 5 Super Bowl rings
Watch this video of Purdue defeating Notre Dame and remember that Neil Schmidt's cleat marks are all over Bluffton High School's Harmon...
Feb 11, 2024
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Dr. Mary Alice Howe Thomas
5th in our series of famous Bluffton High School alumni; Served 37 years on medical staff of Huron Road Hospital, Cleveland The word...
Feb 8, 2024
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Col. Rene Studler - Bluffton's professional soldier
4th in our series of famous Bluffton High School alumni Call him Bluffton’s professional soldier. Recipient of the Legion of Merit, the...
Feb 2, 2024
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R.L. Triplett created more jobs than any person in Bluffton's history
Third is our series of famous Bluffton High School alumni Call it small-town ingenuity. Bluffton’s favorite entrepreneurial son became a...
Jan 27, 2024
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These guys look familiar
Meet Dr. B.W. Travis and Ropp Triplett skating on Riley Creek near the Grove Street bridge The location: the Little Riley, just south of...
Jan 19, 2024
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Dr. Helen Barnes - famous BHS alumnus
• Became interntional secretary of the YWCA • Was a member of the first-ever Bluffton High School graduating class - 1881 • Classmate at...
Jan 18, 2024
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Ike Geiger - famous BHS alumnus
Was first-ever athletic director at MIT Excelled in athletics at Bluffton HS and Bluffton College Was secretary-treasurer of the NCAA...
Jan 11, 2024
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Could be one of the 25 most interesting people ever to live in Bluffton
A man named Gustavus Adolphus once lived here in 1880. That’s one name he went by. He also went by the name Dr. Rosenburg. Whichever one...
Jan 5, 2024
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When Santa lived in Bluffton
He went under the name of Lazarus Basinger Lazarus "Lotzy" Basinger, a Bluffton fixture who died in 1964, was known by all the youngsters...
Dec 19, 2023
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