History Blog

Posted on November 02, 2025

See anyone you know? These are the seniors from the Bridgeport High School 1961 football team. According to Hug...

Posted on October 26, 2025

Anyone know these young ladies? It is believed to be the members of the 1963-64 Bridgeport Junior High School cheerle...

Posted on October 19, 2025

This advertisment is from the mid-1990s when Hills was still a beloved member of the community a provided its a...

Posted on October 12, 2025

Although the exact date of this photo is unknown, it is showing a Bridgeport Pop Warner youth football team from deca...

Posted on October 05, 2025

This photo, perhaps from the 1960s, shows a legendary Bridgeport High School coaching staff for football. Top r...

Posted on September 28, 2025

This photo is from the 1971 season and it shows Phil Nicewarner (10) going in for a touchdown as Steve Stout (42) tra...

Posted on September 21, 2025

This picture taken from the Bridgeport High School 1995 Ki-Cu-Wa yearbook shows Mr. and Miss BHS for the 1994-95 scho...

Posted on September 14, 2025

Coach Randy Thornton is shown holding up a photo of what appears to be three muddy Indians football players while leg...

Posted on September 07, 2025

This is a photo from the 2004 Bridgeport High School yearbook showing the 2003 Indians volleyball team. Those p...

Posted on August 31, 2025

This is a photo from the 1970-71 Bridgeport High School Sports Banquet. Shown in the photo, from left, is Larry Burne...

Posted on August 24, 2025

This photo shows a slightly different version of Main Street in 1984. At this time, Dairy Queen was located where Eas...

Posted on August 17, 2025

Bridgeport's unofficial historian, and author of this blog, Richard "Dick" Duez has said he has spent 50 years lookin...

Posted on August 10, 2025

The Bavarian Inn, shown here featuring its beef stew lunch special, occupied this familiar barn-shapped...

Posted on August 03, 2025

Although not certain of the date of this photo, it is of the exterior of The Coffee Shop situated on the corner of Center...

Posted on July 27, 2025

Few things are talked about with as much fondness as the former Bridgeport Fireman's Fair. Although the exact d...

From the Bench: Despite ACL Surgery, Sal...

The date is as clear as the moment it happened and the pain that followed for Bridgeport High School senior Salam Rajj...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Indian Football Seniors fro...

See anyone you know? These are the seniors from the Bridgeport High School 1961 football team. According to Hug...

Posted by Dick Duez
ToquiNotes: The Deceased Restaurant Memo...

Editor's Note: This blog ran more than eight years ago. And it drew so many comments on restaurants I missed that a se...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
It's Happening: Bridgeport Elementary St...

Halloween festivities are behind us, and autumn is moving into the rearview mirror. As our focus shifts to the Christm...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: Read to Feed

We are challenging the community to read 1 million minutes by the end of 2025. Need more convincing to read and track...

Posted by Angela Spatafore
The Grapevine: Roz's Book Club Gives Loo...

As promised, here is a book review from “Roz’s Book Club.” This month I have chosen Tiger, Tiger by...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
Why Bridgeport? How do you Measure a Man...

Editor's Note: Jon Griffith formerly wrote this blog as a member of Bridgeport City Council. The majority of Griffith's de...

Posted by Jon Griffith