Dec 28, 2022
It's 1965 with leaded gasoline on the menu
That Stauffer Pure Oil station location is now Smith's Realty, Padrone's Pizza and Ameriprise It's January 1965. Dick Boehr took this...
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Dec 22, 2022
The snow storm of an earlier century
Will Triplett took his iconic winter Bluffton photograph It's the snowstorm of an earlier century. This is South Main Street, Bluffton....
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Dec 16, 2022
When Bluffton was a boom town
Decade of the 1890s makes it our Golden Age No question about it. Bluffton’s experienced its Golden Age during decade of the 1890s....
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Dec 15, 2022
Here's all the players in the Dillinger bank robbery
This two-page map is part of the booklet "Four Guys Walk Into A Bluffton Bank" You can put John Dillinger under your Christmas tree this...
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Dec 13, 2022
C.M. Doty, plumbing & Heating
But, where was your Bluffton business located? Today we don't know C.M. Doty, where was your Bluffton plumbing and heating business?...
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Dec 9, 2022
The bobcat, wildcat, puma, or whatever it was, returned in 1958
Part 2 of our mystery beast series from the 1950s Remember the Bluffton mystery animal from 1956 that we wrote about last week? (Click...
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Dec 8, 2022
It's the 1890s in Bluffton
Will Hahn opened The Oak Restaurant on East Cherry Street In the 1890s Bluffton had either 12 or 13 saloons. The exact number depends...
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Dec 6, 2022
Pirate wrestlers from one-half century past
Varsity and JV members from the teams of 1972-73 Bluffton High School varsity wrestlers during the 1972-73 season. Front from left, Max...
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Dec 2, 2022
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...
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Dec 1, 2022
Ebenezer pastor in 1940s once played baseball in the semi-pros
He recalls playing with and against “Goose” Goslin of the Washington Senators; “Artie” Neff of the New York Giants; and “Red” Etans of...
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Nov 22, 2022
The Pirates at one-half century
Bluffton High School's boys' varsity basketball team Jay Besecker coached this Pirate basketball team 50 seasons ago. Members of the...
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Nov 16, 2022
BHS letter winner from 56 seasons ago
1965-66 Varsity B Members of the Bluffton High School Varsity B during the 1965-66 school year. Front from left, Dave Cochran, Larry...
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Nov 15, 2022
They fought Bluffton fires 120 years ago
The days of brave men are recalled in this photo of Bluffton’s 1900 fire department. Clad in flashing dress uniforms, with medals...
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Nov 10, 2022
11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
One recollection of Bluffton's celebration following the news that the armistice was signed ending the Great War From Nov. 14, 1918,...
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Nov 7, 2022
Peter Klassen, Bluffton's first artist
Came to Bluffton College from the Ukraine; on the faculty from 1924 to 1958 Longtime Bluffton College art professor John Peter Klassen...
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Oct 30, 2022
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...
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Oct 26, 2022
118 football seasons ago
The team is from Bluffton, but they weren't Pirates and they didn't wear red and white ...all that came later County champs – This...
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