In late November 1956 – actually this week 66 years ago, the major topic of residents of the LaFayette and Bluffton area was of a mysterious animal that “cried like a baby and screamed like a woman.”
A front page story in the Bluffton New described the circumstances surrounding this mystery.
Before you read about the 1956 mystery animal remember to watch Bluffton Forever next week for a story from 1958 about another mystery animal that appeared in the Bluffton rural community.
The story from the Nov. 29, 1956, Bluffton News follows:
Most remarkable of all mounds in Ohio
The most remarkable of all mounds in the State was one in Hardin County, in which were found about three hundred skeletons. A doubt has, however, been expressed that these were all Mound Builders skeletons.
First of a series of articles pertaining to indigenous people of the Allen, Hancock, Hardin and Putnam counties.
From a 1928 Bluffton News, history of the community–While Michael Neuenschwander, the first Swiss settler to this community, constructed a temporary hut as his family dwelling a party of Indians came through and stopped.
You may reconize this photo from an earlier Icon posting. It was shared on the Facebook group Old Photos of Forgotten Ohio. In this article the original Iconoclast, Fred Steiner, illuminates us on the early 20th century railroad in Ada.
By Fred Steiner
BlufftonForever.com
Here’s a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train traveling from Lima, passing eastbound through Ada in 1938. Unlike the Nickel Plate Road through Bluffton, the Pennsylvania Railroad was double-tracked and carried many more trains each day.
The Ada Historical Society, which typically meets monthly at the Ada Public Library, will hold an open house on Wednesday, August 17, 2022:
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Lee Crouse's Ada Museum
4236 State Rouste 81, Ada, Ohio
Learn more about the society at https://www.adaohiohs.com or speak with Rhett Grant, society president and director of the Ada Public Library, 320 N Main St, (419) 634-5246.
