Time Travel: City Sisters at Benedum Airport Decades Ago and Route 50 Clarksburg Construction in 1960
By Dick Duez on April 05, 2026 from History Blog
This photo, from the 1940s, and shows sisters Betty and Jerry Hess at the Benedum Airport - today's North Central West Virginia Airport. The airport hangar is on the right and the old terminal is on the left. Photo provided by Tom Kinney.
This photo from 1960 shows construction of U.S. Route 50 in a view showing it heading east. The exit ramp on the east bound side (right) and the on ramp on the west bound side is for Chestnut Street.
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