Mar 2, 2022
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
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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Feb 27, 2022
Bluffton railroad history timeline
Milestones in the life of Bluffton, Ohio, railroads 1833 Joseph DeFord builds cabin on banks of the Riley Michael Neuenschwander and...
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Feb 25, 2022
Famous from Bluffton -
Samuel Yoder - first in a series Samuel S. Yoder’s name does not register in the minds of many, if any, Bluffton residents today. Click...
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Feb 24, 2022
Emanuel Lugibill family
The information in this column is provided by Carol Koontz Heath. She is the great-granddaughter of Emanuel Lugibill, granddaughter of...
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Feb 22, 2022
One-game from state
Meet there 1969-70 Bluffton High School boys' basketball team Here’s the 1969-70 regional runner up BHS boys’ basketball team with its...
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Feb 21, 2022
The 1999-2000 Pirates were also NWC champs
Here’s the 1999-2000 Bluffton High School boys’ varsity basketball team. This team won the Northwest Conference title and finished with a...
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Feb 20, 2022
39 season ago -this team was 17-5
The 2021-22 Bluffton High School boys' basketball team finished the regular season at 20-2. This is the best regular season record since...
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Feb 18, 2022
3 little Bluffton girls - turn of an earlier century
Will Triplett took this photo of three little Bluffton girls at the turn of an earlier century. We don't know if the girls are related or...
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Feb 17, 2022
Updating our Swiss family genealogies
Note to Bluffton Forever viewers of Swiss-German descent: Earlier this week we posted the 41st genealogy column related to persons of...
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Feb 15, 2022
John Steiner - Elizabeth Stauffer Steiner - Anna Burkhalter Steiner
Note: This series contains several persons with the same name, particularly in the Steiner columns. There are at least three Steiner's...
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Feb 14, 2022
They travel to away games by horse and wagon
Meet the 1913-14 Bluffton High School boys’ basketball team. Basketball as a sport had existed only 21 seasons when the Bluffton team...
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Feb 4, 2022
Bluffton's Hauenstein druggists and musicians
Steve Hauenstein is the author of this material. His bio is at the bottom of the feature. Heinrich (Henry) Hauenstein was born in Unter...
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Feb 1, 2022
This BHS team owned only 1 basketball
Can you believe it? This team goes back 106 sports seasons ago. Once you read the players' names you might think this could be a roster...
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Jan 30, 2022
1966-67 Pirates - number 44 played football at Ohio State
This is the second team featured in this series of BHS boys' basketball teams. Here's the Bluffton High School Pirates varsity basketball...
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