

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...
Aug 22, 2023


1910 Bluffton school board smoking edict
Expulsion from school or worse, reported to county probation officer Cigarettes have been lit for decades in Bluffton, and their...
Aug 21, 2023


Bluffton's 1900 skyline
What are these two buildings and what became of them? Yes, it’s Bluffton, although none of the buildings in this photo exist today –...
Aug 12, 2023


1915 Richland singing class
Many familiar last names like Amstutz, Burkholder, Luginbuhl, Neuenschwander, Bracy, Zimmerly, Sutter and others Here’s the Richland...
Jul 31, 2023


Stepping into a 1903 Bluffton barber shop
Tine McGriff and Forest Mumma have over 100 customers Step inside Tine McGriff’s Barber Shop on Main Street, Bluffton, in 1903. Look...
Jul 28, 2023


114 July Fourth's ago - Jule Benroth set a record
He amazed a large Bluffton crowd by driving 50 miles per hour down Main Street The crowds gasped as the car roared by and it was really a...
Jul 19, 2023


Book burning here 105 years ago
Involving 40 Bluffton High School students during the noon hour Can you imagine a book burning frenzy in Bluffton? That happened exactly...
Jun 26, 2023


Who owned Bluffton's first electric vehicle?
You would believe the owner was Nancy Habegger in 1919? Question: who owned the first electric automobile in Bluffton? The answer may...
Jun 20, 2023


Bluffton African-American history comes to life
Including a Bluffton barber, college student and performance of Fisk singers A little known, interesting Bluffton fact is that the...
Jun 14, 2023


6 girls in Bluffton in 1910
But, what was the occasion? We don't know It’s 1910 and six young Bluffton girls posed for this photograph. We don’t know the occasion...
May 6, 2023


This 104-year-ago event changed the face of Main Street
Russell Hotel is gone - Citizens National Bank stands it its place It if wasn’t for the First Mennonite Church steeple in the background,...
Mar 30, 2023


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:...
Mar 15, 2023


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...
Mar 8, 2023


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...
Mar 1, 2023


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...
Feb 14, 2023


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....
Dec 22, 2022


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...
Nov 15, 2022


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,...
Nov 10, 2022


Bluffton's first ambulance - 1916
Owned by George W. Combs, undertaker One of Bluffton’s early undertakers was George W. Combs. In this photo he stands in front of his...
Aug 29, 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...
Apr 26, 2022
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