

We bid farewell to it in the early 1980s
Any chance you can identify this building that once stood on South Main Street? Any chance you can identify this building that once stood...
Oct 4, 2023


A handsome hearse - 1888 in Bluffton
Wilson brothers undertaking business located at what is today 206 N. Main St Our advertiser of the week is the Wilson Brothers...
Oct 4, 2023


It's 1917 - meet the Richland Male Quartet
Jesse Bracy, Vance Schreider, Noah Messinger, Christian Gratz Note: Kevin Gratz, grandson of Chris Gratz, provided Bluffton Forever with...
Oct 3, 2023


Cruising campus in a convertible
Carload of Bluffton College sophomores in 1941 From the 1941 Bluffton College Ista yearbook: From left, in the back seat, Zitella...
Oct 3, 2023


5 sets of twins in one school room
It was in the Hilty school west of Bluffton in the early 1910s Imagine teaching school with a classroom with five sets of twins. Beyond...
Oct 2, 2023


This pitcher is knee deep in trouble
When the term "rain delay" took on a new meaning Bluffton News editor, Todd Gratz, got his feet wet taking this photo countless baseball...
Sep 29, 2023


Here's where to buy your ghost book
and, where to hear stories to creep you If ghost stories give you the creeps you have four opportunities to make that happen this month,...
Sep 28, 2023


St. John's UCC baptismal font
Created by Peter Klassen in the 1930s - includes six ceramic pieces Baptismal at St. John's United Church of Christ Located in the church...
Sep 27, 2023
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