May 3
Home of fine foods and good service
When Beaverdam was the crossroads of America P-K Truck Stop Restaurant in Beaverdam once stood at the cross roads of America When U.S. 30...
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May 2
Mushrooms hunting advice from the pros
A.C. Burcky: sit on a rotted tree stump and listen quietly till a mushroom pops, then go look for it. It’s mushroom season. To prove it,...
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Apr 30
Dr. Diller meets "The prince of jail breakers"
This guy crawled through 5 miles of sewers to break out of Leavenworth Can you imagine crawling through five miles of sewers to break out...
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Apr 29
BHS class of 1917 as eighth graders
Augsburgers, Bracys, Burkholders, Niswanders, Steiners and many others Members of the Bluffton High School class of 1917 as eighth...
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Apr 26
1940s Bluffton residents' brush with history
Involving Tomoyuki Yamashita, Albert Einstein, F.D. Roosevelt, George Marshall, Mickey Rooney and Carl Spaatz In November 1945 Bluffton...
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Apr 25
A Bluffton school history primer
In five minutes or more - actually this story stops in 1933 We naturally take for granted that there was always a school system in our...
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Apr 24
What does this group have in common?
Other than attending Bluffton HS in 1966, it might simply be a random photo shoot What does this group have in common? Other than the...
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Apr 23
A special Bluffton person
Dewey "Doc" Forman ... he was a special Bluffton person with a niche of his own calling Dewey Forman - photo taken in early 1960s by...
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Apr 22
Bluffton soldier stories 105 years ago this week
April 1919 - reports of seven local men in the service: William Ryan, Charles Hilty, Floyd Woods, Marion Watkins, Lowell Schaublin,...
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Apr 20
Bluffton's 1939 controversy: To dance or not to dance at the BHS Jr.-Sr. banquet
Dancing won the day, but the one board member threatened to resign & two Mennonite churches passed resolutions opposing dancing Name the...
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Apr 19
Bluffton's connection to the 1906 earthquake
• 417 residents donate to Red Cross plea; • John Althaus of Bluffton experienced the earthquake Unknown to Bluffton residents today there...
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Apr 18
Meet the Beaverdam Beavers of '59
The boys of summer 65 baseball seasons ago Meet the 1959 Beaverdam High School baseball team – from 65 seasons past. Front row from left,...
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Apr 17
50 baseball seasons ago
Meet the Pirates of 1974 - sectional champions Meet the sectional champion Bluffton High School baseball team of 1974. Front from left,...
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Apr 16
In 1954 Bluffton Public Library launched a sheet music collection
And, according to The Bluffton News, "It's off to a good start" How times have changed.This interesting headline and story made the front...
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Apr 16
When did the telephone arrive here?
The telephone rates were to be uniform ... • not exceeding $30 per year for business houses, firms and offices, • nor $18 per year for...
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Apr 11
80 years ago it was "fast time" vs. "slow time"
Daylight Saving Time was a phrase foreign to the general public, and the time change was determined by each locality Here’s a thought:...
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Apr 10
Welcome to pre-awning Main Street
Don't you just love that street light! Welcome to pre-awning Main Street Bluffton, circa 1962. The overheads came later in the 1960s....
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