Historical Bluffton

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Let's swim in the Buckeye. Here's a photo of the earliest Bluffton Buckeye swimming area taken some time between 1910 and 1920.

Imagine that you are on the south bank looking north on the Spring Street side of the Buckeye. That's location of the pool.

You'll see a rope. It separates the deep end from the shallow end. The deep end includes a diving board.

The man on the deck is Steiner Geiger, who gave swim lessons. It is possible that his two sisters are on the diving board.

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In 1904 the Bluffton post office was on Vine Street and this photo proves it. The post office was located in what is today Richard Boehr's building.

In this photo, from left, are (unidentified), Charles Steingraber, (unidentified), Ross Bogart, George Lewis, Mrs. Lewis and Emma Bigler Swank. (From the Richard Boehr collection)

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Beth Carr provided this photo of the Bluffton Community Swimming Pool in its "Buckeye days." Beth was on the swimming pool staff  and now lives in Texas.

This view shows the old pool from the east bank of Marsh Run looking toward the Buckeye. This pool went from about three feet to five or six feet. Beyond that, the Buckeye was roped off for swimming in the east side.

Swim meets were held in the pool.

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Members of the Bluffton High School yearbook staff during the 1963-64 school year.

Front from left, Karen Schmidt, Gayle Gerber, Larry Grant, sports editor, Karen Diller, typist; Joyce Eikenbary, typist.

Back from left, Garth Gerber, photographer, Jane Herr, copy editor; Jayne Barnett, Kay Motter, Sue Marshall, Jeanne Waidmann, Karen Mericle, typist, Mr. Kauffman, advisor.

Missing: Beth Balmer, layout editor, Susan Lehman, Jim Sheets, Anne Bucher, senior editor.

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Here's the Bluffton High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) from the 1965-66 school year. Names of members are under the photo.

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Here are members of the Bluffton High School FFA from the 1973-74 school year. Don Overmyer was the FFA advisor. Names are under the photo.

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