Prior to 1919 it was the largest building on Bluffton's Main Street If you can identify this Bluffton location, then you must be a time...

During its lifetime, its traffic included pedestrians, horse and buggies, cattle and the earliest of motorized vehicles all the way to...

Ropp residence hall on the Bluffton University campus dates back to an earlier era. The black and white photo shows an early spring view...

Here’s Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio, in 1880. You’ll discover several things, including a much smaller Bluffton than today and...

Yellow fever expert was a Bluffton native A yellow fever specialist and expert. Dr. Robert Drake Murray, of international renown, was a...

Samuel Yoder - first in a series Samuel S. Yoder’s name does not register in the minds of many, if any, Bluffton residents today. Click...

Two photos from a Bluffton era we never knew There are times when small packages offer huge surprises. The top photo represents one of...

METHODIST EPISCOPAL PICNIC Although this photo identifies few Bluffton people photographed it offers several features that reveal...

Note: Dennis Morrison shared the photo with us. Christmas in downtown Bluffton in the early 1950, maybe 1951, part of a Bluffton Business...

Paul Diller took this color slide photo of Nickel Plate Road 718 steam locomotive hauling fast freight through Bluffton in the mid-1950s....

You've walked past this door and probably never gave it much thought Door to the Bluffton town hall jail You’ve walked past this door and...

Bluffton High School boys' basketball team of 1910-11 • Check the bottom of the story for the 1911-12 team photo. (Thanks for Mary Ann...

When opened, it attached to the original Bluffton HS building built in 1911 Depending upon when you attended Bluffton High School, the...

Here's a recap of the beginning of a 95-year-old Bluffton tradition, today part of forgotten Bluffton. In many cases this 95-year...

You’ve viewed at the Bluffton High School crest, but did you ever wonder how it came into existence? Here’s the answer. In the 1964-65...

Where was the first school building? What became of it? The answers may surprise you The Victorian Bluffton school constructed in 1875,...

And, what's the story behind the Lady Pirate logo? View team photos at the bottom of this story - Why is the Bluffton High School mascot...

Its birth occurred the same decade that Bach composed the Brandenburg Concertos, Russia’s Peter the Great ruled, Jonathan Swift wrote...