

3 little Bluffton girls - turn of an earlier century
Will Triplett took this photo of three little Bluffton girls at the turn of an earlier century. We don't know if the girls are related or...
Feb 18, 2022


Updating our Swiss family genealogies
Note to Bluffton Forever viewers of Swiss-German descent: Earlier this week we posted the 41st genealogy column related to persons of...
Feb 17, 2022


John Steiner - Elizabeth Stauffer Steiner - Anna Burkhalter Steiner
Note: This series contains several persons with the same name, particularly in the Steiner columns. There are at least three Steiner's...
Feb 15, 2022


They travel to away games by horse and wagon
Meet the 1913-14 Bluffton High School boys’ basketball team. Basketball as a sport had existed only 21 seasons when the Bluffton team...
Feb 14, 2022


Bluffton's Hauenstein druggists and musicians
Steve Hauenstein is the author of this material. His bio is at the bottom of the feature. Heinrich (Henry) Hauenstein was born in Unter...
Feb 4, 2022


This BHS team owned only 1 basketball
Can you believe it? This team goes back 106 sports seasons ago. Once you read the players' names you might think this could be a roster...
Feb 1, 2022


1966-67 Pirates - number 44 played football at Ohio State
This is the second team featured in this series of BHS boys' basketball teams. Here's the Bluffton High School Pirates varsity basketball...
Jan 30, 2022


'64-65 Pirates (and Beavers)
First team following Beaverdam High School's annexation into the Bluffton school system. This team had five Bluffton players and five...
Jan 28, 2022
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