

When Bluffton was a boom town
Decade of the 1890s makes it our Golden Age No question about it. Bluffton’s experienced its Golden Age during decade of the 1890s....
Dec 16, 2022


Here's all the players in the Dillinger bank robbery
This two-page map is part of the booklet "Four Guys Walk Into A Bluffton Bank" You can put John Dillinger under your Christmas tree this...
Dec 15, 2022


C.M. Doty, plumbing & Heating
But, where was your Bluffton business located? Today we don't know C.M. Doty, where was your Bluffton plumbing and heating business?...
Dec 13, 2022


The bobcat, wildcat, puma, or whatever it was, returned in 1958
Part 2 of our mystery beast series from the 1950s Remember the Bluffton mystery animal from 1956 that we wrote about last week? (Click...
Dec 9, 2022


It's the 1890s in Bluffton
Will Hahn opened The Oak Restaurant on East Cherry Street In the 1890s Bluffton had either 12 or 13 saloons. The exact number depends...
Dec 8, 2022


Pirate wrestlers from one-half century past
Varsity and JV members from the teams of 1972-73 Bluffton High School varsity wrestlers during the 1972-73 season. Front from left, Max...
Dec 6, 2022


Dec. 7, 1941, recollections of a 7-year-old Bluffton youth
My life changed.......just as it changed dramatically for every American. The late Charles Hilty wrote the following column of his...
Dec 2, 2022


Ebenezer pastor in 1940s once played baseball in the semi-pros
He recalls playing with and against “Goose” Goslin of the Washington Senators; “Artie” Neff of the New York Giants; and “Red” Etans of...
Dec 1, 2022
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