Jul 20, 2022
It's 1974 and I can see your house from here
Hey, Bluffton High School doesn't look like that today! Here's an aerial photo of Bluffton taken in 1974. The scene above shows Bluffton...
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Jul 18, 2022
We really live in boring times today
Check out frequent Bluffton visitors in the 1880s and 1890s When was the last time you met a tramp, peddler or just a person of interest?...
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Jul 8, 2022
Picture this: 1,200 residents take a train excursion to Detroit from Bluffton in 1899
Passenger train passing through Bluffton from Findlay around 1920 Vacation plans in order? That question asked by two earlier generations...
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Jul 5, 2022
John Murray - one of the reasons Bluffton is such an interesting town
John Murray died July 2, 2022. This tribute, by Fred Steiner, is followed by John's obituary. John Murray is one reason Bluffton is such...
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Jun 24, 2022
Over 100 Bluffton residents attended the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
And they traveled there on the Nickel Plate Railroad from Bluffton, to Findlay to Chicago In 1893 the village of Bluffton (population...
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Jun 20, 2022
Are you kidding? An electric trolley on Main Street?
Western Ohio Railway served Bluffton from 1906 to 1932 An electric trolly car on Bluffton’s Main Street? Yes, from 1906 to 1932 the...
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Jun 3, 2022
Hey, gramps, what were the '60s like?
One way to answer this is to check out this Bluffton photo If you want to know what the 1960s were like in Bluffton, but don't have a...
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May 27, 2022
1893 Bluffton HS grads speak their minds
129 graduations ago each student gave a presentation at commencement and The Bluffton News printed a summary of what the students said –...
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May 27, 2022
Aerial view of College Hall
Here's Bluffton College from the air in 1949 Here's a look at the Bluffton College campus from the air in 1949. At least College Hall and...
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May 25, 2022
Welcome to the Russell Hotel
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...
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May 21, 2022
1892 - Bluffton's worst railroad accident
This story includes the complete Bluffton News version and several photographs of the accident Imagine an out-of-control and fast-moving...
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May 17, 2022
Bluffton's Main Street soda fountain
Charles Hankish, senior, was a Bluffton institution MORE PHOTOS BELOW - Are you old enough to identify this former Bluffton businessman?...
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May 16, 2022
It's 1969 & here comes the Golden Spike Ltd.
Lima-built NKP Berkshire 765 roars through Bluffton It’s springtime in 1969 and 25 minutes before this photo was taken Nickel Plate 765...
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May 8, 2022
Bluffton's pre-1900 romantic spot
During its lifetime, its traffic included pedestrians, horse and buggies, cattle and the earliest of motorized vehicles all the way to...
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May 4, 2022
Here's the 1974 Varsity B
The guys who wore those red letter jackets Here are members of the Bluffton High School Varsity B during the 1973-74 school year. Front...
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Apr 29, 2022
Was Wilford Geiger your teacher?
Then you will recognize him in this photo If you attended Bluffton High School in the late 1950s or 1960s and took chemistry or driver’s...
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Apr 26, 2022
Florence and her pet rooster
Florence Hahn with butterfly bows poses with her pet Florence Hahn and her pet rooster pose in this Will Triplett photo taken sometime...
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