Jan 25, 2024
125 years ago - murder in Ada
The Mayor read the charge murder in the first degree, to which he answered, “Not guilty,” and waived examination The following account of...
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Jan 22, 2024
Ernest and Lona Welty Bauman
Ernest is a late-comer to the Swiss immigrant scene, arriving here in 1920 Ernest Bauman is a late-comer to the Swiss immigrant scene of...
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Jan 22, 2024
INDEX to Swiss Connection
46 Bluffton-Pandora Swiss family genealogies in this series Most recent update Jan. 22, 2024 About Our Swiss Connection During his...
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Jan 22, 2024
It's a 1948 Barber-Green Model 522
The mystery creature removing snow from Main Street in the early 1960s This discussion might easily become a dull “boys with toys” piece....
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Jan 21, 2024
1900 to 1930 - they also hold BHS diplomas
Here is the list of Bluffton High School graduates from the classes of 1900 to 1930. You will find the graduates from the classes of 1881...
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Jan 19, 2024
These guys look familiar
Meet Dr. B.W. Travis and Ropp Triplett skating on Riley Creek near the Grove Street bridge The location: the Little Riley, just south of...
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Jan 19, 2024
1960s-era small town engineering project
Proves there's more than one way to remove snow from Main Street This snow blower-conveyor-Ford assemble line collected snow and no doubt...
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Jan 18, 2024
Dr. Helen Barnes - famous BHS alumnus
• Became interntional secretary of the YWCA • Was a member of the first-ever Bluffton High School graduating class - 1881 • Classmate at...
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Jan 17, 2024
Welcome to Bluffton - 1935
Bluffton Lions Club erect "Welcome to Bluffton" sign on South Main Street The date was May 7, 1935. Members of the Bluffton Lions Club...
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Jan 17, 2024
1927-28 Bluffton College Varsity B
Familiar last names include Augsburger, Diller, Ramseyer, Clymer and others Bluffton College Varsity B – 1928 Members of the 1928...
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Jan 16, 2024
110 years ago - an Amstutz reunion
Many familiar last names including: Bixel, Gratz, Geiger, Winkler, Gerber and others This gathering of relatives and friends at the P. B....
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Jan 15, 2024
74 BHS basketball seasons ago
These Pirates lost only one Western Buckeye League game Meet the Bluffton High Pirates boys’ basketball team of 1949-50. The team went...
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Jan 14, 2024
Nuts! A photo essay
Our models: one nuthatch and one woodpecker showing off in the winter Two birds, same menu. On this winter day of temperatures near zero,...
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Jan 12, 2024
A 127-year-old Bluffton joke
And, all this time we thought this story was about a guy in the oil field who lost and then found his gold glasses Here’s almost...
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Jan 11, 2024
Ike Geiger - famous BHS alumnus
Was first-ever athletic director at MIT Excelled in athletics at Bluffton HS and Bluffton College Was secretary-treasurer of the NCAA...
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Jan 11, 2024
A century of girls' basketball at BHS
Actually we've traced the sport back to 1911 - and perhaps it goes back further It's 110 basketball seasons ago at Bluffton High School....
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Jan 10, 2024
Girl disappears in Bluffton in 1895
Sadie Trupe of Findlay never found - what became of her? An 1895 newspaper missing person’s report involving Bluffton and Findlay brings...
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