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Time Travel: BMS's '92-93 Junior Varsity Cheer Squad and an Ad for Cheap Local Greenbrier Airlines Flights

Posted on August 13, 2023

Pictured is the 1992-93 Bridgeport Middle School junior varisty cheerleaders. Shown are, front row from left, Meredit...

Time Travel: One of City's Most Popular Venues and a Blacksmith Shop in Adamsville in Harrison County

Posted on August 06, 2023

The blue building with the white roof is the former Skate World that opened in 1981. This aerial shot is from 1985 wh...

Time Travel: An Undefeated Bridgeport 1982 Football Team and a Long Skyline Drive-In Restaurant Line

Posted on July 30, 2023

This is the 1982 Bridgeport Junior High (Middle School) undefeated 1982 football team. The squad was coached by Al La...

Time Travel: Mayor Furbee at Early Benedum Festival Event and Country Star Roy Acuff in Clarksburg

Posted on July 23, 2023

The man on the right if the late Carl Furbee having a laugh and a piece of cake. This photo, believed to be from the...

Time Travel: A Former Restaurant on Main Street and Replacing a Massive Route 50 Taylor County Bridge

Posted on July 16, 2023

This historical building along Main Street was built in 1933 by Abby and Sam Steele as the Millstone Restaurant and i...

Time Travel: City Pool 1980's Activities Taking Place and the Final Team Picture of R-W's Basketball Team

Posted on July 09, 2023

This photo is believed to be from the early 1980s showing activities taking place at the City Pool at the Benedum Civ...

Time Travel: Pair of BHS Teachers from Decades Ago and Jerry West and His East Bank 1950s Teammates

Posted on July 02, 2023

The exact date of this photo is unknown, but it is showing a pair of Bridgeport educators. Although not 100 percent c...

Time Travel: BMS Administration from 1992-93 and an Ad for Extinct Business Situated Just Outside City

Posted on June 25, 2023

These individuals impacted the lives of countless students that went through the Bridgeport education system. Shown i...

Time Travel: Hills Department Store, Plaza in 1968 and Decades Ago with Clarksburg Streetcar Workers

Posted on June 18, 2023

Many in Bridgeport and throughout North Central West Virginia can recall Hills Department Store and the Hills Plaza o...

Time Travel: Wayne Jamison Field Demolition Project and a Fayette County Community Shown from 1912

Posted on June 11, 2023

Eleven years ago, one of many summer projects to improve the Wayne Jamison Field complex was taking place. In this pa...

Time Travel: Class of 1988's Most Popular at BHS and Congressman Nick Rahall Sworn in by Newt Gingrich

Posted on June 04, 2023

The Class of 1988's "Most Popular" students can't escape the popularity even with their sunglasses...

Time Travel: BHS Senior Football Moms Back in 2013 and a Freshly Built Home in Bristol Back from 1888

Posted on May 28, 2023

An annual tradition that still is in place sees the Bridgeport Football Moms not only get involved with assisting the...

Time Travel: Bridgeport High's 1959 Mystery Teacher and Former Shinnston State Police Headquarters

Posted on May 21, 2023

Do you know who this mystery teacher is? It is from Bridgeport High School and the date of the photograph is Septembe...

Time Travel: Braves 1992-93 Girls Hoops Team and a Decades Rewind to Former Clarksburg City Hall

Posted on May 14, 2023

Pictured is the 1992-93 Bridgeport Middle School girls basketball team. Do you see anyone you know? In case you're no...

Time Travel: Long-Time Main Street Business Back in 1987 and 1940s WWII West Union Support Gathering

Posted on May 07, 2023

It has been in business for decades on Bridgeport's Main Street, and it is still operating and going strong in 2023....
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