- Aug 22
- 1 min
When bib overalls were in style
Meet students attending the Phillips country school in 1926 Bib overalls were in fashion went this one-room country school photo was...
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- Aug 22
- 1 min
One of Ruby Beery Murray's first, first grade classes
It's 1928. Herbert Hoover is elected president president. Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie. The Winter Olympics take place in St....
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- Aug 22
- 1 min
One century ago in the 5th grade
Meet members of the Bluffton High School class of 1930 Meet Bluffton fifth graders one century ago. It's 1923 and these are members of...
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- Aug 16
- 2 min
The day 500 vehicles an hour passed through Bluffton
On Labor Day 1927 - thanks to the Dixie Highway Imagine 500 vehicles in one hour traveling down Main Street Bluffton. That’s eight per...
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- Jul 21
- 2 min
Walking Main Street on a summer day in the 1920s
A photo certainly deserving a thousand words; we've provided 500 Here’s a summer day in downtown Bluffton in the early-to-mid-1920s. As...
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- Jun 4
- 5 min
Where Bluffton learned to swim 100 summers ago
Ever hear of "the lower end of the Buckeye?" Swimmers in Bluffton in the 1920s learned to swim in the “lower end” of the Buckeye. Here's...
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- May 18
- 1 min
102 years ago at Indian Lake
Familiar names include Hauenstein, Hochstettler, Swank, Patterson, Montgomery, Triplett, Kibele and others Bluffton Boy Scouts in 1920-21...
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- Feb 11
- 1 min
Liquor down the drain
Jan. 5, 1928 – Bluffton council watches former Mayor Hauenstein From the Jan. 5, 1928, Bluffton News comes this interesting front page...
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- Feb 1
- 1 min
99 Bluffton HS senior class plays ago
A cast with lots of familiar last names... Geiger, Steiner, Yoakam, Niswander and others It's the 1923-24 school year. • Calvin Coolidge...
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- Jul 8, 2022
- 3 min
Picture this: 1,200 residents take a train excursion to Detroit from Bluffton in 1899
Passenger train passing through Bluffton from Findlay around 1920 Vacation plans in order? That question asked by two earlier generations...
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- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
2 views of Ropp Hall you've never seen
Ropp residence hall on the Bluffton University campus dates back to an earlier era. The black and white photo shows an early spring view...
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- Mar 4, 2022
- 1 min
BHS girls’ basketball at 100
If you’ve ever wondered how long girls in Bluffton have played basketball, this photograph takes the sport back one century. Here is the...
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- Mar 2, 2022
- 4 min
21 win for this '36-37 team
And a Class B state tournament contender Here’s the impressive 1936-37 Bluffton High School boys’ basketball team that advanced to the...
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- Feb 28, 2022
- 1 min
1920s - Westbound fast freight through Bluffton
Moving quickly through Bluffton, Ohio 100 years ago, this Lake Erie and Western Railroad freight train is steaming at a fast clip from...
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- Oct 7, 2021
- 4 min
Why is the Pirate the high school mascot?
And, what's the story behind the Lady Pirate logo? View team photos at the bottom of this story - Why is the Bluffton High School mascot...
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