Time Travel: Downtown Dairy Queen at Old Location and 1950 Lost Creek Hoops Team with Bud Hartzell
By Dick Duez on December 24, 2023 from History Blog
No, you are not seeing things. Decades ago, the Bridgeport Dairy Queen was located on the opposite side of the road where it is today and there was even a Dairy King after it department. You can see the Ashland gas station sign behind it and to the left appears to be what was once Jim Smallridge Motors. Today, the Dairy Queen site is home to East of Chicago Pizza. Does anyone know when the Dairy Queen moved to its current location and what businesses were housed in that building in this photo. Photo courtesy of Mike Corder.
This is the 1949-50 Lost Creek High School baksetball team. The person wearing #23 in the front row, far left, for the squad is the later Bud Hartzell, a long-time prominent city resident.
Editor's Note: This ongoing photo feature of pictures from Bridgeport and throughout the Mountain State is part of local historian Richard "Dick" Duez's collection, the unofficial historian of Bridgeport, would appreciate any scanned photos emailed to him for use here or to include in his ongoing efforts to preserve local history. You can email photos, or let him know how to acquire copies of photos you may have in your possession, to Duez at dickdo@citynet.net.
