Oct 5, 2023
Fill 'er up at The Swiss Inn
South of Bluffton at Gratz Crossing This is the Dixie Highway, or “old” U.S. 25, south of Bluffton, in 1944. It was a brick highway when...
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Oct 4, 2023
A handsome hearse - 1888 in Bluffton
Wilson brothers undertaking business located at what is today 206 N. Main St Our advertiser of the week is the Wilson Brothers...
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Sep 15, 2023
92 tennis seasons ago at Bluffton HS
Meet the boys' team of 1931 Tennis has long been a popular spring sport at Bluffton High School. Here's a photo of the 1931 team. From...
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Aug 22, 2023
111 school years ago - Bluffton 3rd graders
It was 1911 and marked the year that the first Bluffton High School building was opened to students It was 111 school years ago – 1911 to...
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Aug 1, 2023
It's 1969 - here's the Golden Spike Ltd
Lima-built Berkshire NKP 765 roared through Bluffton It’s springtime in 1969 and 25 minutes before this photo was taken Nickel Plate 765...
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Jul 20, 2023
What the bird saw in 1950 flying over Bluffton
CLICK HERE TO SEE AERIAL VIEWS OF BLUFFTON IN 1974 Here’s an aerial view of Bluffton taken in the early 1950s. Be careful, you may end up...
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Jul 10, 2023
Forgotten Bluffton: the Woodcock plant
And the answer to the question, Why is there a lake on Jefferson Street? The Woodcock power plant - now the site of John's Body Shop on...
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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 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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