The Spring 2026 Senior Snippets topics included: The 1876 Centennial Celebration, the construction story of the courthouse, agriculture and farmsteads, automobile dealerships of early Bluffton and the 1976 Bi-Centennial Celebration. Here is a page from a newspaper promoting America's Centennial Celebration in 1876. Jim Sturgeon, President of the Wells County Historical Society shared newspaper accounts... Continue Reading →
Touring Downtown Bluffton
Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent guided Walking Tours of Downtown Bluffton. Thanks also to tour guide Jim Sturgeon for all of the facts and history and Emily Marshall, Community Relations Manager at the Wells County Public Library for coordinating details, registration and the photos seen here. The tours proved to be... Continue Reading →