

When Bluffton turned 100
It was the summer of 1961 It’s 1961 on Main Street – but those Model T’s give a feeling of the 1920s. This photograph was taken during...
Mar 27, 2023


Today it's Steinmetz soccer field
Once upon a time Bluffton had its own electrical power plant and water plant - you are looking at it Let's see, how old must you be to...
Mar 23, 2023


A walk down Main St. 60 years ago
It's August 1963 - a warm summer day in downtown Bluffton. Dick Boehr took this photo and let's name the businesses from right to left: •...
Mar 23, 2023


Was Mrs. Gratz your Kindergarten teacher?
Here's members of the BHS class of 1967 in 1954-55 Bluffton students in Mrs. Walter Gratz’s private Kindergarten in 1954-55. Front row...
Mar 20, 2023


How many saloons in Bluffton in the 1890s?
12 or 13, no one knows for certain How many saloons existed in Bluffton in the 1890s? No one is really certain. There may have been 12 or...
Mar 17, 2023


Schumacher and Diller families
With Zimmerly, Steiner, Luginbuhl, Suter, Hilty, Geiger, Welty, Moser and many other local family connections Within these two family...
Mar 16, 2023


The Great Flood of 1913
Caused destruction in Bluffton 110 years ago this month Cherry Street 1913 and 2023 This flood became so devastating that it had a name:...
Mar 15, 2023


In case your forgot what snow looks like...
Here's the snowfall of the decade of the 1920s in Bluffton It's March. When did it snow last? The winter of 2022-23 turned out to be a...
Mar 9, 2023
_edited.jpg)