

At 25 mph in Bluffton during the winter of '14
109 winters ago Clair Weaver and Albert Benroth invented the aero-cycle On Feb. 14, 1914, Clair Weaver posed for this photograph with his...
Mar 8, 2023


If you thought DDT was dangerous...
Read these stories about nitroglycerin accidents causing deaths in the 1890s The 1890s oil boom brought to Bluffton prosperity plus some...
Mar 7, 2023


70 years ago spraying DDT
Answered the mosquito problem in Bluffton Note: If this doesn’t frighten you, nothing will. The Village of Bluffton (and probably many,...
Mar 6, 2023


55 basketball seasons ago
This Pirate squad scored 103 points against Lima Perry Fifty-five seasons ago, these Pirates, with their black Red Ball Jets tennis shoes...
Mar 3, 2023


Did they perform anything by Kool & the Gang?
Meet the 1980 Bluffton High School show choir Introducing the Bluffton High School show choir from the 1980 school year. Front row: ...
Mar 2, 2023


A grocery and bakery in 1900 with 2 delivery wagons
This Main Street building now houses a CPA office The J.L. Doty Grocery and Bakery was once a thriving Bluffton business operating in the...
Mar 1, 2023


Bluffton's 1960 antique car show
By the way, the telephone booth did not have a dial phone It's the summer of 1960. Main Street is filled with old cars. There's plenty to...
Feb 24, 2023


She scored 58 points against Spencerville
In 1927 Bluffton HS athlete Olive Locher set a record never to be touched We’re putting it mildly to say Bluffton High School girls’...
Feb 21, 2023
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