

Thomas and Catherine Hilti Fett
Many of our country roads are named after residents who settled in the area and who owned land along the road carrying their name. Among...
Jan 6, 2022


Main Street - one century past
Two photos from a Bluffton era we never knew There are times when small packages offer huge surprises. The top photo represents one of...
Jan 5, 2022


Methodist picnic in 1890
METHODIST EPISCOPAL PICNIC Although this photo identifies few Bluffton people photographed it offers several features that reveal...
Jan 3, 2022


When Santa came to Bluffton in 1951 (?)
Note: Dennis Morrison shared the photo with us. Christmas in downtown Bluffton in the early 1950, maybe 1951, part of a Bluffton Business...
Dec 24, 2021


Triplett and Amstutz families
This column’s focus on a Bluffton Amstutz family also includes the Will Triplett family information, as Mr. Triplett married into it. The...
Dec 22, 2021


My forgotten railroad discovery
Jackson Steinmetz is the author of this column. He is a 2019 graduate of Bluffton High School and a junior at Goshen College, Goshen,...
Dec 20, 2021


NKP 718 passes through Bluffton
Paul Diller took this color slide photo of Nickel Plate Road 718 steam locomotive hauling fast freight through Bluffton in the mid-1950s....
Dec 19, 2021


Pandora's Schutz, Geiger and Cherry families
The Schutz family, with several Pandora connections today, was among many of our Swiss pioneers who came to America from the Emmenthal or...
Dec 14, 2021
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