Nov 15, 2023
Here's a Bluffton program you won't want to miss
There's only one problem - it took place in 1898 Here's a program in Bluffton that no one would want to miss. The only problem is that it...
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Nov 15, 2023
Book signing at Black Lab Thursday
4 to 5:30 p.m. Fred Steiner signing his books during Jingle Bell Stroll Fred Steiner will autograph his books for shoppers at The Black...
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Nov 15, 2023
When Bluffton had flower shows
Entries covered the entire Founders Hall floor We go through organization cycles, don’t we? Bluffton once had a square dance club, a ham...
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Nov 13, 2023
Another Bluffton brush with history
This Bluffton youth band performed for President Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis In a Bluffton brush with history, these young Bluffton...
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Nov 11, 2023
When Calvin Coolidge was president
Many familiar last names in the BHS class of 1926 - including Herr, Niswander, Moser, Steiner, Bell, Badertscher, Balmer, Gratz,...
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Nov 10, 2023
Larger than dinosaurs
Two Lima Berkshires stopped in Bluffton in November, 1961, on their way to the scrapyard This story and the two accompanying photos were...
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Nov 10, 2023
On the bank of an old Bluffton stone quarry
You may watch the dance of the milkweeds Known by another name, Asclepias, the flowering milkweed, performs in dance mode this month. The...
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Nov 9, 2023
Nov. 11, 1918 - the biggest demonstration in Bluffton's history
Word flashed over the wire that the Armistice was signed The biggest demonstration in the town’s history began Monday morning at 3...
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Nov 8, 2023
Main Street Beaverdam in 1907
Beaver Dam became Beaverdam in 1895 This photograph, originally a postcard, depicts Beaverdam’s Main Street in 1907. The photographer...
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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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Nov 6, 2023
1943-44 at Bluffton High School
Hi-Y members included familiar names: Bixel, Triplehorn, Herr, Klay, Augsburger, Steiner, Ramseyer, Reichenbach, Stratton, Gratz,...
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Nov 4, 2023
1906 Swiss settlement washing day
With Amanda Liechty and Rose Niswander It’s wash day. One summer afternoon in 1906 Samuel U. Amstutz set up this scene and photographed...
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Nov 3, 2023
Naturally, Bluffton
A dozen photos proving November offers more colors than you realize The November of your soul contains more colors than you might...
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Nov 2, 2023
It happens every year, but this was the first one
The tale of Bluffton's first teenage speeding ticket Take a wild guess. You’ll be way off. In which year was the first Bluffton teenager...
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Nov 1, 2023
Ever hear of "the Snavely place"?
We used to believe the old lady who had lived there was a witch When I was a child we lived across the fields from my grandmother, her...
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Nov 1, 2023
Countless decades of teaching experience
Meet Bluffton elementary school's 1956-57 teachers and staff members Bluffton’s current senior generation can identify these elementary...
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Oct 31, 2023
In 1947 Beaverdam said "Boo!"
Halloween Carnival benefit for the Community Fire Association Seventy-six Halloweens ago the Beaverdam Community Fire Association said,...
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