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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Washington never slept here
but Dillinger robbed our bank
and Elvis stopped for gas
- Mar 8
- 1 min
At 25 mph in Bluffton during the winter of '14
109 winters ago Clair Weaver and Albert Benroth invented the aero-cycle On Feb. 14, 1914, Clair Weaver posed for this photograph with his...
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- Mar 1
- 4 min
A grocery and bakery in 1900 with 2 delivery wagons
This Main Street building now houses a CPA office The J.L. Doty Grocery and Bakery was once a thriving Bluffton business operating in the...
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- Feb 14
- 1 min
6 Habegger brothers
Third generation of Swiss immigrants to live in the Bluffton-Pandora Swiss Settlement The sons of Isaac and Rebecca Shank Habegger posed...
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- Jan 31
- 1 min
Main Street Beaverdam in 1907
Beaver Dam became Beaverdam in 1895 This photograph, originally a postcard, depicts Beaverdam’s Main Street in 1907. The photographer...
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- Dec 30, 2022
- 1 min
In 1919 New Year's Eve was bone dry in Bluffton
Here's a Christmas card from that year to prove it 1919 Christmas-New Year's Card On Jan. 19, 1919, Congress ratified the 18th Amendment,...
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- Dec 25, 2022
- 1 min
1905 - Oh, little town of Bluffton
This post card to Sidney Hauenstein proves Santa originally used a hot air balloon This post card proves that Santa Claus uses a blimp,...
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- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
The snow storm of an earlier century
Will Triplett took his iconic winter Bluffton photograph It's the snowstorm of an earlier century. This is South Main Street, Bluffton....
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
They fought Bluffton fires 120 years ago
The days of brave men are recalled in this photo of Bluffton’s 1900 fire department. Clad in flashing dress uniforms, with medals...
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- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
One recollection of Bluffton's celebration following the news that the armistice was signed ending the Great War From Nov. 14, 1918,...
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- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
1915 Richland singing class
Many familiar last names even after 107 years Here’s the Richland singing class, directed by Noah Messinger, taken in 1915. Front from...
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