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History Blog

Time Travel: Cleaning up After Huge 1978 City Snow Storm and a Restaurant, Store No More in Adamsville

Posted on October 16, 2022

The possiblity of scenes like this will increase in the weeks and months ahead. In this particular photo, city worker...

Time Travel: Early 2010's Bridgeport High Swim Team and Visiting a Kitchen at the Maple Inn in the 1950s

Posted on October 09, 2022

This photo is believed to be of the Bridgeport High School 2012 swim teams. The boys would finish second that year, w...

Time Travel: Pure Food Store's Grand Opening Week and Empire Bank in Downtown Clarksburg in 1964

Posted on October 02, 2022

Few businesses were as popular as that of the Pure Food Store. This photo is from 1954 and it was during grand openin...

Time Travel: 2005 Fire Destroys One of City's Oldest Homes and a 1967 Flood Impacting Park Boulevard

Posted on September 25, 2022

This fire from January of 2005 was on Holt Street. As can be seen from the photo, the house was a total loss. The fir...

Time Travel: Going Back to The Spa Fitness Center in 1987 and Cameron's Rees Theater Back in 1939

Posted on September 18, 2022

Anyone remember The Spa Fitness Center? This photo shows the business situated on Tolley Drive, which is about 100 ya...

Time Travel: Meadowbrook Mall in 1988 and a Little Bit of Fun Activity in Webster County Back in 1915

Posted on September 11, 2022

This photo is from 1988 and you can see JCPenney, which is still in business, in the middle. Also, to the left is Sea...

Time Travel: Heading to the Ellis for 1963 Movies and Going Back to Long-Gone Preston County Church

Posted on September 04, 2022

The Ellis Drive In was still hopping, along with the Sky Castle, in 1963 as this photo shows. The restaurant was doin...

Time Travel: Compton Park 1987 Aerial View and Visit with Shinnston Junior High's 1950 Basketball Team

Posted on August 28, 2022

Look familiar? This is an aerial view of Compton Park, as well as portion of the Bridgeport Presbyterian Church...

Time Travel: Former Fireman's Fair Queens Profiled while Individual Enjoy '66 Clarksburg Ice Cream Trip

Posted on August 21, 2022

Remember these ladies? Although there is only a portion of this article remaining, it is thought to be from 195...

Time Travel: Decades Rewind to City's Cab Company and Going Back to a Marshville School in 1897

Posted on August 14, 2022

At one time, Bridgeport had its own city cab company. Ironically, it was called Bridgeport City Cab, which can be see...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Football Staff in the '70s and a Parkette Restaurant Decades ago in Charleston

Posted on August 07, 2022

A lot of student-athletes were under the tutelage of these men. Shown, from left, are members of the Bridgeport...

Time Travel: Two of Bridgeport's Iconic Leaders Visit Arizona and Fourco Glass Workers Visiting England

Posted on July 31, 2022

These two look familiar? Many will know them as two of the city's most important leaders, both of whom have...

Time Travel: Virginia Avenue Business in 1950 and a Visit to Marion County by Buffalo Bill in Early 1900s

Posted on July 24, 2022

This is the old Master Glass Company, or Master Marble Plant, shown back in 1950 that was located just off Virgnia Av...

Time Travel: Decades-Old Aerial View of Jamison Field and Defunct City Business and its Anmoore Start

Posted on July 17, 2022

This image should look familiar. It is an aerial view of what is now Wayne Jamison Field. The exact date is not know,...

Time Travel: Early 1980s Bridgeport Baseball All-Star Team and 1931 Opening of a Morgantown Theatre

Posted on July 10, 2022

See any familiar faces? This is believed to be from 1982 and shows the BridgeportLittle  League All-Star team. The co...
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Rotary's Wellness Blood Screening

 



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