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A name that is fading from the Bluffton vernacular is "Gratz Crossing." It is where the Dixie Highway crosses the Norfolk Southern Railway track where it connects to Phillips Road south of Bluffton.

This photo shows the Lake Erie and Western Railroad track from "Gratz Crossing." On the far right is the Western Ohio Railroad (interurban) These two track were side by side  at this point. This view looks toward Lima to the south. The photographer was S.A. Amstutz. This is a glass plate negative.

Notice the two oil wells on the left side of the tracks.