When Bluffton turned 100
It was the summer of 1961 It’s 1961 on Main Street – but those Model T’s give a feeling of the 1920s. This photograph was taken during...
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Washington never slept here
but Dillinger robbed our bank
and Elvis stopped for gas
- 1 day ago
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1928 Oakland available from dealers in Bluffton and Pandora
Our business of the week In 1928 Bluffton and Pandora had several car dealers. Each had an Oakland dealer. In Bluffton it was Dillman...
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- 4 days ago
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Today it's Steinmetz soccer field
Once upon a time Bluffton had its own electrical power plant and water plant - you are looking at it Let's see, how old must you be to...
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- 4 days ago
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A walk down Main St. 60 years ago
We've added a 2023 photo of this view below COMPARE THE 1963 PHOTO WITH A 2023 PHOTO BELOW - It's August 1963 - a warm summer day in...
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- 5 days ago
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It's 2010 - meet Bluffton's U12 soccer team
It is that long ago? Members of the Bluffton U12 soccer team in 2010, front from left, Josh Begg, Lelani Bischoff, Jaelyn Lancaster, Eli...
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- 6 days ago
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100 years ago today in Bluffton
• News about a successful boys' basketball team • A new superintendent for the electric and water plant • Lake Street on deck; pet...
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- 7 days ago
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Was Mrs. Gratz your Kindergarten teacher?
Here's members of the BHS class of 1967 in 1954-55 Bluffton students in Mrs. Walter Gratz’s private Kindergarten in 1954-55. Front row...
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- Mar 18
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101 years ago in rural Pandora
7 guys at the John Moser farm Is your great-grandfather in this photo? Could be if there’s a Hilty, Reichenbach, Diller, Moser, Steiner...
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- Mar 17
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How many saloons in Bluffton in the 1890s?
12 or 13, no one knows for certain How many saloons existed in Bluffton in the 1890s? No one is really certain. There may have been 12 or...
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- Mar 16
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Schumacher and Diller families
With Zimmerly, Steiner, Luginbuhl, Suter, Hilty, Geiger, Welty, Moser and many other local family connections Within these two family...
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- Mar 15
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The Great Flood of 1913
Caused destruction in Bluffton 110 years ago this month Cherry Street 1913 and 2023 This flood became so devastating that it had a name:...
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