

Johannes and Elisabeth Steiner Habegger
Johannes (or John) Habegger, at age 22, came to the Bluffton-Pandora Settlement from Switzerland with his parents, Johannes Ulrich and...
Jan 27, 2022


66 years of Bluffton postal history
The six Bluffton postmasters in this iconic portrait taken by Will Triplett represent 66 years of postal history in Bluffton. The eras...
Jan 22, 2022


Many last names in this story
It’s likely that any reader of this column might find an ancestor listed in this story. That’s because this family story includes many...
Jan 18, 2022


1900 Diller family portrait
Diller Family Portrait - outdoor on rugs Here is a Diller family portrait taken by Will Triplett. Back of the framed photo is...
Jan 15, 2022


The snowstorm of an earlier century
If there's such a thing as a "100-year flood," then this photo must be the "100-year winter ice storm." In "reading" this photograph,...
Jan 13, 2022


Derailment on the AC & Y
It was a winter afternoon in 1965 when this Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad freight train derailed in Pandora, Ohio. Charles Hilty,...
Jan 12, 2022


Mathias and Lidia Augstburger Badertscher
In a search for Bluffton area Badertscher families we found three going back to the 1700s. Christian Badertscher (1782-1838) married...
Jan 11, 2022


A two-room rural Bluffton school
From 6 to 10 persons who attended Diller rural school entered the medical profession The Diller country school, rural Richland Township,...
Jan 7, 2022
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