

Our town was on the Underground Railroad
Could be Bluffton's best-kept secrets Details in a recently found obituary of a Bluffton man who died 125 years ago could be one of the...
May 24, 2023


The era before high school bands
Bluffton Merchants Band - all men and all brass (except for the drums) Meet members of the Bluffton Merchants Band from the early 1890s....
May 24, 2023


Bluffton's cast of visitors explained Wednesday
Unlike today, Bluffton was once an interesting town “Unusual Bluffton visitors, saloons and other stories,” is the topic of a program by...
May 23, 2023


Naturally, Bluffton
...but can you identify the natural location? It has several native American stories connected to it Stepping out from our daily...
May 22, 2023


A 5-room home for $28.50 per month
Steinman Brothers Lumber - our 1942 business of the week It’s 1942 and Steinman Brothers Lumber Co., of Bluffton is building houses....
May 21, 2023


Showing one-night only – in 1971
A spelling bee gone wrong on the Carma marquee An all-star cast of Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts and James Gregory,...
May 19, 2023


102 years ago at Indian Lake
Familiar names include Hauenstein, Hochstettler, Swank, Patterson, Montgomery, Triplett, Kibele and others Bluffton Boy Scouts in 1920-21...
May 18, 2023


Unusual Bluffton visitors, saloons and other stories - May 24 at the library
“Most of these visitors were harmless and homeless persons traveling the countryside. They included drifters, peddlers, misfits and...
May 17, 2023
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