Word flashed over the wire that the Armistice was signed By Fred Steiner www.BlufftonForever.com Bluffton celebrated the end of the Great War in an all-day-long event on Nov. 11, 1918. The Bluffton News coverage stated it was the biggest demonstration in the town's history. Following is the Nov. 14 Bluffton News account of the Armistice. And, following that story are several
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By Fred Steiner www.BlufftonForever.com Bet you didn’t know that a “strange illuminated object” was sighted in rural Bluffton. It occurred one month after a “flying disc” was recovered from a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, home of one of the most well-known extraterrestrial area in the United States. One can only imagine how history might have struck us, had the object
By Fred Steiner www.BlufftonForever.com This Bluffton High School team wasn’t even called the “Pirates,” yet 100 seasons ago, it set the standard for a winning football tradition in our community. The 1923 red and white Bluffton team, playing before most school athletic leagues were formed, won eight games and lost only one. Even its loss, by a close 3 to 9 score, was
The first-ever diesel locomotive passed through town on a test run By Fred Steiner www.BlufftonForever.com Remember seeing your first-ever electric-driven vehicle in Bluffton? Compare that to the following image: It passed through Bluffton in an unusual color scheme (reddish-orange) blasting a very foreign sound (a “hoarse” whistle). Bluffton residents witnessed the beginning