

Remembering Raymon Lewis 1940-2023
1950s-era Pirate all-star athlete in football, basketball and track Raymon Lewis - number 31 Raymon Lewis, who died on Jan. 3, 2023, at...
Jan 5, 2023


Here's an 1897-era Bluffton publicity photo
And, you'd have to go to Greenfield Village to see a locomotive like this one What a scene! And, it's a marketing photo, promoting many...
Jan 4, 2023


John and Barbara Steiner Schumacher
Note: This is our first Swiss Connection feature after a several-month absence. This is the 47th feature in this series of...
Jan 3, 2023


Bluffton's first "selfie"
Will Triplett, pioneer village photographer took this photo of himself; he used a cable connected to the shutter of his camera Few...
Jan 2, 2023


Ken Cookson updates us on the gas station next to Pure Oil
Turn your calendar back to the late 1960s and read this column The following is a letter from former Bluffton resident Ken Cookson. It is...
Dec 30, 2022


Only 59 Pirate seasons ago
When this Varsity B photo was taken during the 1963-64 school year Here are members of the Bluffton High School Varsity B during the...
Dec 29, 2022


It's 1965 with leaded gasoline on the menu
That Stauffer Pure Oil station location is now Smith's Realty, Padrone's Pizza and Ameriprise It's January 1965. Dick Boehr took this...
Dec 28, 2022


The snow storm of an earlier century
Will Triplett took his iconic winter Bluffton photograph It's the snowstorm of an earlier century. This is South Main Street, Bluffton....
Dec 22, 2022
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