Dec 22, 2021
Triplett and Amstutz families
This column’s focus on a Bluffton Amstutz family also includes the Will Triplett family information, as Mr. Triplett married into it. The...
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Dec 20, 2021
My forgotten railroad discovery
Jackson Steinmetz is the author of this column. He is a 2019 graduate of Bluffton High School and a junior at Goshen College, Goshen,...
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Dec 19, 2021
NKP 718 passes through Bluffton
Paul Diller took this color slide photo of Nickel Plate Road 718 steam locomotive hauling fast freight through Bluffton in the mid-1950s....
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Dec 14, 2021
Pandora's Schutz, Geiger and Cherry families
The Schutz family, with several Pandora connections today, was among many of our Swiss pioneers who came to America from the Emmenthal or...
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Dec 10, 2021
It was Bluffton's second largest employer
Employee photo of Boss Glove factory, Bluffton, Ohio, 1926 Today it is Et Cetera Shop. In 1926 it was the Boss Glove factory at 327 N....
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Dec 6, 2021
Christian John and Katherine Steiner Luginbuhl
The year 1824 was a special one for many Bluffton-Pandora Swiss pioneers. The ship, Boston, left Le Harve, France, with 118 passengers...
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Dec 5, 2021
Bluffton's heavy metal
MORE PHOTOS BELOW - Here’s Bluffton’s contribution to heavy metal. It’s not only functional; it’s also a work of art and a sort of rock...
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Dec 2, 2021
Forgotten Bluffton: the town jail
You've walked past this door and probably never gave it much thought Door to the Bluffton town hall jail You’ve walked past this door and...
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Nov 18, 2021
The story of Christian "Black Beard" Bösiger
A separate Swiss Connection column in this series focuses on the parents of Christian, Jr., Bösiger, who came to America in 1824. Click...
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Nov 16, 2021
1881 to 1899 - they hold BHS diplomas
Here is the official list of Bluffton High School graduates from the class of 1881 to 1899. The list of graduates from 1900 to 1930 is in...
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Nov 3, 2021
They played for BHS 110 and 111 season ago
Bluffton High School boys' basketball team of 1910-11 • Check the bottom of the story for the 1911-12 team photo. (Thanks for Mary Ann...
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Oct 19, 2021
Caught up in the American melting pot
I consider myself Swiss, or more to the point, someone of Swiss descent, caught up in the American melting pot. I think in inches, feet...
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Oct 19, 2021
Recalling Bluffton's Golden Age
Stairway entrance to a second floor on Main Street Here's the floor of an ornate and historic entrance to a second floor apartment on...
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Oct 16, 2021
Remembering Charles Hilty
Our own talented small town newspaper editor who saw the world, yet returned here to retire Charles Hilty on the far left in a diplomatic...
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Oct 16, 2021
The 10:05 from Lima
Here's the 10:05 p.m. Norfolk Southern freight from Lima heading to Bluffton at a very low speed.
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Oct 15, 2021
BHS senior music awards
The following awards are presented each May by the Bluffton High School Music Department. John Phillip Sousa Award Given to the...
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Oct 15, 2021
Marble bust of Menno Simons
Other works by John Peter Klassen in this series include bronze sculptures. Here are two marble busts. These were created in the late...
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