Oct 25, 2022
Just in time for Halloween
Bluffton ghost stories presentation Sunday at Allen County Historical Museum, Lima Bluffton ghost stories Theme of Oct. 30 talk Just in...
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Oct 24, 2022
A winter's day on the railroad
Here's a scene that you won't find today in Bluffton. This photo was taken in the early 1980s. Gone is the Nickel Plate Road passenger...
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Oct 21, 2022
When beavers battled with cattle
Bluffton College's first baseball field in 1914 was also a cow pasture Many viewers are familiar with the large open area on the Bluffton...
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Oct 20, 2022
50 volleyball seasons ago at BHS
Pirate's 1972 volleyball team It's one-half century since this team played volleyball. It's the 1972 Bluffton HS squad. Members front,...
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Sep 16, 2022
It's Bluffton and Pandora's oldest continually operating enterprise
Morning Star cider press could be as old as both communities • Here's a color slide of Morning Star cider press taken by Paul Diller in...
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Sep 7, 2022
What hats they wore in 1890s
Publicity photo for Bertha Althaus, Bluffton milliner Five of Bluffton’s young adults from the 1890s pose in this Will Triplett studio...
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Sep 1, 2022
Charles Triplehorn, one of Bluffton's favorite sons
Reached the height of his profession as an entomologist; •was the last living eye-witness to Bluffton's John Dillinger bank robbery; •...
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Aug 29, 2022
Bluffton's first ambulance - 1916
Owned by George W. Combs, undertaker One of Bluffton’s early undertakers was George W. Combs. In this photo he stands in front of his...
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Aug 26, 2022
Riley's deep, dark, dangerous secrets
Due to quarries in the Riley, it could be said that Bluffton was built under water Former quarry near Tom Fett Road bridge Did you know...
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Aug 24, 2022
Fast east-bound freight through Ada
It's 1938 on the Pennsylvania Railroad's double-tracked main line No, it’s not Bluffton. But it’s nearby. Here’s a Pennsylvania Railroad...
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Aug 19, 2022
Introducing the first BHS football team
It's 1901 - Bluffton's first opponent was Columbus Grove; You'll never believe how this tie game was resolved (Player names at bottom of...
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Aug 17, 2022
90 seasons ago, these Pirates were 8-1-1
Losing only to Lima Central High School in season opener In 1932, 90 football seasons ago, this Bluffton High School football team won...
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Aug 1, 2022
Did John Dillinger stop here for gas?
Dick Habegger, owner of this Bluffton filling station, said that he did This is not only a classic Bluffton photo – there's a classic...
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Jul 27, 2022
Did Johnny Appleseed pass through Bluffton?
A Bluffton News article provides some interesting theories Did American folk hero John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman pass through Bluffton...
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Jul 26, 2022
Carma Theatre week continues in black and white
Somewhere when the calendar proclaimed 1948, 1949 or 1950 Carma Theatre week continues on Bluffton Forever with a photo, as our best...
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Jul 25, 2022
It's Carma Theatre week on Bluffton Forever
Guess who came to dinner It's Carma Theatre week on Bluffton Forever. To view yesterday’s feature “A New Leaf” from 1971 CLICK HERE....
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Jul 24, 2022
A summer day downtown in 1971
It’s the summer of 1971 and the message on the Carma Theatre marquee reads: Laugh Riot of the Year, promoting the film “A New Leaf.” The...
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