By Fred Steiner www.BlufftonForever.com This feature is the first in a series of famous Bluffton High School alumni. The feature will eventually be posted on the Bluffton school website. Ivan “Ike” J. Geiger Aug. 10, 1909 – Jan. 12, 1955 Bluffton High School class of 1927 Bluffton College class of 1932 Through his example as an educator believing that educating the “whole
By Fred Steiner www.BlufftonForever.com A man named Gustavus Adolphus lived in Bluffton in 1880. That’s one name he went by. He also went by the name Dr. Rosenberg. Another Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632) was once the King of Sweden. A college in St. Peter, Minnesota, founded in 1862, carries also his name. One of the most peculiar stories ever published in the Bluffton News
By Kaye Phillips For Swiss Community Historical Society Facebook E-mail is a commonly used form of communication, but have you heard of V-mail? V-mail, short for 'Victory mail" was used during WWII to expedite mail service for the Armed Forces serving overseas. V-mail was put in place to reduce the space needed to transport mail and free up room to ship other valuable
By Fred Steiner www.BlufftonForever.com Blue point oysters, bisque of lobster, baked shad with piquant sauce, cheese straws, Philadelphia capon, Roman punch, cream tartlets with foam sauce…and, we’ve not yet mentioned the roasts on the menu. Sounding like exceptional cuisine of a multi-star restaurant, it is actually from a Main Street Bluffton restaurant of 125 winters ago.
By Fred Steiner www.BlufftonForever.com Imagine attending a lecture in Bluffton presented by a Cheyenne speaking from the point of view of native Americans just four years after the Battle of Little Bighorn. That battle occurred in 1876. The lecture, by a 19-year-old native American, who we only know as “Star,” took place in Bluffton in 1880. Little is known about how the