- Nov 10
- 2 min
Larger than dinosaurs
Two Lima Berkshires stopped in Bluffton in November, 1961, on their way to the scrapyard This story and the two accompanying photos were...
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- Nov 10
- 1 min
On the bank of an old Bluffton stone quarry
You may watch the dance of the milkweeds Known by another name, Asclepias, the flowering milkweed, performs in dance mode this month. The...
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- Nov 9
- 5 min
Nov. 11, 1918 - the biggest demonstration in Bluffton's history
Word flashed over the wire that the Armistice was signed The biggest demonstration in the town’s history began Monday morning at 3...
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- Nov 8
- 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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- Nov 7
- 5 min
Another Bluffton mysterious place
What's that large mound on Thurman Street on the Riley Creek bank? MANY PHOTOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STORY - Our quest for Bluffton’s 10...
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- Nov 6
- 1 min
1943-44 at Bluffton High School
Hi-Y members included familiar names: Bixel, Triplehorn, Herr, Klay, Augsburger, Steiner, Ramseyer, Reichenbach, Stratton, Gratz,...
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- Nov 4
- 1 min
1906 Swiss settlement washing day
With Amanda Liechty and Rose Niswander It’s wash day. One summer afternoon in 1906 Samuel U. Amstutz set up this scene and photographed...
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- Nov 3
- 1 min
Naturally, Bluffton
A dozen photos proving November offers more colors than you realize The November of your soul contains more colors than you might...
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- Nov 2
- 3 min
It happens every year, but this was the first one
The tale of Bluffton's first teenage speeding ticket Take a wild guess. You’ll be way off. In which year was the first Bluffton teenager...
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- Nov 1
- 2 min
Ever hear of "the Snavely place"?
We used to believe the old lady who had lived there was a witch When I was a child we lived across the fields from my grandmother, her...
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- Nov 1
- 1 min
Countless decades of teaching experience
Meet Bluffton elementary school's 1956-57 teachers and staff members Bluffton’s current senior generation can identify these elementary...
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- Oct 31
- 1 min
In 1947 Beaverdam said "Boo!"
Halloween Carnival benefit for the Community Fire Association Seventy-six Halloweens ago the Beaverdam Community Fire Association said,...
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- Oct 31
- 1 min
These guys once ran Bluffton industry
In 1937 Bluffton was a one factory town - Triplett was the factory In 1937 the Triplett Corp. located on Harmon Road was Bluffton’s...
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- Oct 30
- 1 min
37 fifth graders in Mrs. Oyer's classroom
It's the 1936-37 school year - meet the BHS graduates of 1944 Interested in teaching a class of 37 fifth graders? That was Adella Oyer’s...
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- Oct 30
- 1 min
When Jimmie Carter was president
It's the Bluffton High School class of 1979 in the first grade during the 1967-68 school year Meet members of the Bluffton High School...
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