

Watch out for this vehicle on Saturday
It is the Dillinger get-away car - part of Bluffton History Day event Watch out for this 1931 Chevrolet Sports Coupe on Saturday in...
Aug 10, 2023
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Dillinger wanted poster can have your photo
Part of Saturday's Bluffton History Day activities If you've ever needed a wanted poster with your photo on it, Saturday is your chance...
Aug 8, 2023
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"Public Enemies" free Saturday AM matinee
Shannon Theatre free movie is part of Bluffton History Day Saturday, Aug. 12 Shannon Theatre will give a free 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12,...
Aug 7, 2023
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7 relatives of Dillinger robbery eye-witnesses participate on Saturday
11 a.m. and noon retelling of 1933 bank robbery will be authentic Seven eye-witnesses of the 1933 John Dillinger robbery of Citizens...
Aug 6, 2023
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Bluffton History Day Aug. 12
• 10 a.m. free showing of "Public Enemies" at Shannon Theatre • Speakeasy events at Greenhorn Restaurant - 4 p.m. to midnight • 11 a.m. &...
Jul 27, 2023
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90th anniversary of Dillinger's Bluffton visit in August
Bluffton History Day will recall the events of Aug. 14, 1933 A Bluffton history day, recalling the 90th anniversary of the Dillinger bank...
Jul 13, 2023
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What's your recollection of Bluffton nicknames?
Tom Bell provides his "Fab Fourteen" nickname challenge Contributed by Tom Bell The 1950s and 1960s could be the Golden Age of Nicknames...
Jun 10, 2023
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Older than any traceable antiquity
Who constructed the wall on Marsh Run? Why? When? An ascetic limestone wall, where the waters of Marsh Run join Big Riley Creek on that...
Jun 6, 2023
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Take a walk up Main Street in 1890
RSVP to Bluffton Public Library by Friday for Tuesday, June 6, tour Ever wonder what Main Street Bluffton looked like in 1890? Fred...
May 30, 2023
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Bluffton's cast of visitors explained Wednesday
Unlike today, Bluffton was once an interesting town “Unusual Bluffton visitors, saloons and other stories,” is the topic of a program by...
May 23, 2023
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Unusual Bluffton visitors, saloons and other stories - May 24 at the library
“Most of these visitors were harmless and homeless persons traveling the countryside. They included drifters, peddlers, misfits and...
May 17, 2023
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It started as a nighttime dare
That was 58 coats of paint ago - here's how it began It started as a nighttime dare...resulting, perhaps in an arrest by Bluffton PD. Who...
May 17, 2023
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Remembering Mr. Brown
Retired Bluffton High School teacher died on April 25, 2023 Mr. Gary Brown, 84, long-time teacher at Bluffton High School, died on April...
Apr 29, 2023
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A closer look at two iconic statements
On a physical level, these two statements stand at the highest level of any such public messaging in Bluffton The fountain of wisdom...
Apr 26, 2023
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Dec. 7, 1941, recollections of a 7-year-old Bluffton youth
My life changed.......just as it changed dramatically for every American. The late Charles Hilty wrote the following column of his...
Dec 2, 2022
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About those mysterious lights north of the Buckeye
Here's our final Bluffton Halloween story of the season This is the final Halloween story in this year’s seasonal series Here's how to...
Oct 30, 2022
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Just in time for Halloween
Bluffton ghost stories presentation Sunday at Allen County Historical Museum, Lima Bluffton ghost stories Theme of Oct. 30 talk Just in...
Oct 25, 2022
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It's Bluffton and Pandora's oldest continually operating enterprise
Morning Star cider press could be as old as both communities • Here's a color slide of Morning Star cider press taken by Paul Diller in...
Sep 16, 2022
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Charles Triplehorn, one of Bluffton's favorite sons
Reached the height of his profession as an entomologist; •was the last living eye-witness to Bluffton's John Dillinger bank robbery; •...
Sep 1, 2022
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John Murray - one of the reasons Bluffton is such an interesting town
John Murray died July 2, 2022. This tribute, by Fred Steiner, is followed by John's obituary. John Murray is one reason Bluffton is such...
Jul 5, 2022
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