May 23, 2023
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...
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May 22, 2023
Naturally, Bluffton
...but can you identify the natural location? It has several native American stories connected to it Stepping out from our daily...
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May 21, 2023
A 5-room home for $28.50 per month
Steinman Brothers Lumber - our 1942 business of the week It’s 1942 and Steinman Brothers Lumber Co., of Bluffton is building houses....
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May 19, 2023
Showing one-night only – in 1971
A spelling bee gone wrong on the Carma marquee An all-star cast of Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts and James Gregory,...
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May 18, 2023
102 years ago at Indian Lake
Familiar names include Hauenstein, Hochstettler, Swank, Patterson, Montgomery, Triplett, Kibele and others Bluffton Boy Scouts in 1920-21...
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May 17, 2023
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...
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May 17, 2023
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...
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May 12, 2023
Do you remember this building?
Okay, let's step inside for a closer look If you remember this building then you are at least 40 years old - depending upon your memory...
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May 11, 2023
Do not hitch your horse to a fire hydrant in Bluffton
One of several rules governing water usage in the 1890s Imagine being required to turn off your water line each time the fire department...
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May 10, 2023
Amstutz, Winkler, Welty, Roethlisberger families 1914
John Ulrich Amstutz was an early Bluffton-Pandora Swiss entrepreneur Members of the John Ulrich and Katharina J. (Amstutz) Amstutz...
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May 9, 2023
55 track seasons ago
1968 squad won NWC and 3rd consecutive district Class A title This squad won the Class A district crown for the third consecutive year...
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May 6, 2023
6 girls in Bluffton in 1910
But, what was the occasion? We don't know It’s 1910 and six young Bluffton girls posed for this photograph. We don’t know the occasion...
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May 4, 2023
'67 BHS track squad set the bar for future Pirate team
Covert led Pirates won the NWC, won Class A district; Oppermann won state shot put, mile-relay 3rd at state meet The 1967 Bluffton High...
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May 3, 2023
Our 100-year parade
It's 1961 during Bluffton's centennial celebration Here is one of the best photos ever taken showing Bluffton’s Main Street in the early...
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May 1, 2023
For 5 decades Sam Stepleton worked Main Street Bluffton
Owner of several businesses from barbershop, movie house, restaurant and billiards hall When listing Main Street business owners, the...
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Apr 29, 2023
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...
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Apr 28, 2023
60 track seasons ago at Bluffton HS
Meet the boys' track team of 1963 1963 Bluffton High School boys’ track team Front from left, Dave Burkholder, Richard Bucher, Ken...
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