On Saturday, October 10, the Bluffton Ohio Historical Society is staging an 11:55 a.m. reenactment of the 1933 robbery of Citizens National Bank by John Dillinger and his gang. The event will also include a 10 a.m.-2 p.m. motorcycle show and will be attended by riders from Joe Bayliff's Route 30 Harley-Davidson on their annual Wake the Dead Motorcycle Ride. At 1:00 p.m. at the Bluffton Senior Center, area residents will share accounts of Dillinger gang activity.
LOUD NOISE ADVISORY: The 11:55 robbery reenactment will include loud firecracker noises.
Thelma Page, 94, will share her eyewitness account of seeing the Dillinger getaway car
MEDIA RELEASE__The Bluffton Ohio Historical Society has issued the following October 10 Timeline for its Dillinger Robbery Reenactment & Motorcycle Show event.
9:00 a.m. Portions of Main, Church, Vine and Cherry streets closed to traffic. Motorcyclists start arriving and parking on Main.
10:00 a.m. Motorcycle Show begins
11:30 a.m. Motorcyclists from the Wake the Dead ride arrive with a police escort
During the weekend of October 2-4, Bluffton will celebrate both Bluffton University and Bluffton High School homecomings. The BHS Homecoming Parade will start at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, October 2. Pictures above include:
The Bluffton High School 2026 Homecoming Court:
Front Row Left to Right: Tessa Tarplee, Elinor Parrish, Jaegar Crawfis, Easton Dunifon
Middle Row Left to Right: Julia Dawdy, Eli Lehman, Declan Dunifon
Last Row Left to Right: David Di Gallo, Greta Myers, Ellie Bogart, Nora Matthews, Coby Dailey
PHOTOS Bluffton Icon, Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, Swiss Community Historical Society
By Marlena Ballinger
BLUFFTON__On a beautiful fall day, September 26, Bluffton exploded with things to do thanks to the Bluffton Fall Festival and other events scheduled for the same day.
