

Apr 25, 2024
A Bluffton school history primer
In five minutes or more - actually this story stops in 1933 We naturally take for granted that there was always a school system in our...
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Apr 16, 2024
When did the telephone arrive here?
The telephone rates were to be uniform ... • not exceeding $30 per year for business houses, firms and offices, • nor $18 per year for...
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Mar 12, 2024
Bluffton's railroad Golden Age
It's nearly 115 years ago at the National Quarry north of Jefferson Street - the year is 1910-11 Can't you just hear the whistle? The...
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Feb 7, 2024
How did a hospital come to Bluffton?
It's beginning goes back to 1908 in a location on Main Street Dr. J.J. Sutter standing on the porch of the Bluffton Sanatorium - now the...
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Nov 7, 2023
Another Bluffton mysterious place
What's that large mound on Thurman Street on the Riley Creek bank? MANY PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY - Our quest for Bluffton’s 10...
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Oct 26, 2023
Ashless cigar invented in 1919 in Bluffton
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...
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Oct 20, 2023
A Shawnee "Indian" walked from Oklahoma to Bluffton to see the land where he once camped
Countless stories of the native Americans of forgotten Bluffton From a 1928 Bluffton News, history of the community – While Michael...
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Oct 16, 2023
Questions about a Native American "skirmish" in Richland Township
• And, an impressive lecture presented in Bluffton in 1880 by a Native American; • plus the discovery of three mounds in Putnam County...
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Oct 10, 2023
One century ago this BHS team made a name for itself
They were red and white, but weren't Pirates and didn't play at Harmon Field – 8 wins, 1 loss This Bluffton High School team wasn’t even...
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Oct 9, 2023
One of Bluffton's most mysterious locations
MORE PHOTOS BELOW - This photo could easily be one of Bluffton’s top 10 mysterious locations. To make matters worse, this doorway no...
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Oct 4, 2023
We bid farewell to it in the early 1980s
Any chance you can identify this building that once stood on South Main Street? Any chance you can identify this building that once stood...
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Oct 4, 2023
A handsome hearse - 1888 in Bluffton
Wilson brothers undertaking business located at what is today 206 N. Main St Our advertiser of the week is the Wilson Brothers...
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Sep 16, 2023
Bluffton's most mysterious places
Why is there a flagstone wall on both sides of the Riley near Harmon Field? Who build it and why? Imagine a mysterious Bluffton location...
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Sep 14, 2023
Round trip to Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
NKP train stops in Bluffton for a football special to watch the Browns play the '49ers – $7.50 gets you a ticket and into the stadium...
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Sep 14, 2023
1906: No spitting on the sidewalk
2023: Automobiles replace electric railroad Some photos are worth one-thousand words. This photo (on the right) could rival War and...
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Sep 14, 2023
Idyllic Krehbiel Bridge on campus
Today it's Adams Bridge over Little Riley Creek What today is Adams Bridge over Little Riley Creek on the Bluffton University campus was...
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Sep 6, 2023
It's really this deep!
Bluffton's National Quarry on Jefferson Street is a huge fish tank Can you imagine draining the National Quarry? The result would...
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Aug 21, 2023
Ralph Locher - famous from Bluffton
Bluffton HS and Bluffton College grad became Mayor of Cleveland and Justice on the Ohio Supreme Court Have you ever wonder what famous...
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Aug 16, 2023
840 feet above sea level
66 feet higher than Pandora - or about an 8 foot drop per mile Ever wonder how high above sea level Bluffton stands? The answer is on...
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Aug 10, 2023
What became of "the most remarkable of all mounds in Ohio?"
It contained over 300 skeletons and was over one acre wide and was located 37 miles from Bluffton in Hardin County This is a lengthy...
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