History Blog

Posted on March 26, 2023

These Bridgeport High School cheerleaders were members of the All-Harrison County cheerleading squad back in 2001. Th...

Posted on March 19, 2023

This body of water look familiar? This is a photo from 1940 of Maple Lake and for anyone who has driven through the d...

Posted on March 12, 2023

This photo, courtesy of Bill McCartney, is from 1966 and, for anyone who has been in that area in recent years, they...

Posted on March 05, 2023

This photo, believed to be from June of 2002, shows a formal presentation of the United States flag taking place at t...

Posted on February 26, 2023

Stuck between the two Bridgeport Fire Department trucks in this decades-old photo is an old hand pump that served th...

Posted on February 19, 2023

This old postcard's date is unknown, but it shows the layout of the former Ellis Dive-In situated in an area headline...

Posted on February 12, 2023

Who can remember the convergence of telephone party and non-party lines at the intersection of Main Street and Center...

Posted on February 05, 2023

Does this look familiar? If so, it is because it is still standing in Bridgeport. This photo, from 1921, shows the fi...

Posted on January 29, 2023

Although 1995 did not see the Bridgeport baseball team win a state title despite making it to Charleston, the team di...

Posted on January 22, 2023

This may look familiar to some, and to others, it may just look like an old building. This photo from 1987 shows the...

Posted on January 15, 2023

Here is a look at the old C&H Market that was located on Main Street and served the community for years. The busi...

Posted on January 08, 2023

Although it may have been cold enough to find some frozen bodies of water locally to ice skate on just prior to Christmas...

Posted on December 25, 2022

The Bridgeport Lions Club has been doing good deeds in the city for decades, and this photo from the 1950s on the cor...

Posted on December 18, 2022

This photo is from 1987 and, as you can see, plenty has changed on the business front in the last 35 years. Only McDo...

Posted on December 11, 2022

See anyone you know in this photo? It is a picture of the 1987 Bridgeport Junior High School football team and one of...

From the Bench: Quick Thought on State L...

A few weeks back I told you about a Senate bill introduced for the second year in a row at the West Virginia Legislatu...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: All-Harrison County Cheerle...

These Bridgeport High School cheerleaders were members of the All-Harrison County cheerleading squad back in 2001. Th...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: A Tale of Two Amazing Fu...

There are so many great things going on in our community and I want to touch on a couple of them in today’s blog...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: Seed Library Coming Soon ...

Have you heard the term seed library before? Seed libraries have been around for a while, cropping up in both public a...

Posted by Savanna Draper
The Grapevine: Little Bit of This and a ...

I guess if we had to title this column it would be a “little bit of this and that.” Last week found me bus...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
ToquiNotes: A Closed Business at Meadowb...

As is sometimes the case, comments on a blog post on one of our social media platforms will lead to another blog. Such...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Why Bridgeport? A Look at Economic Diver...

Since childhood, you have probably heard the adage, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” This time-tested wisdom c...

Posted by Jon Griffith
Beneath the Jacket with the Bridgeport F...

Chicken Banquet Up...

Posted by Miyah Swiger