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History Blog

Time Travel: City Private Phone Lines being Converted in 1953 and a 1910 Suspension Bridge in Ziesing

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...

Time Travel: Construction of Bridgeport High School in 1921 and a Late 1950s' Look at Grafton Train Depot

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...

Time Travel: A Miraculous 1995 BHS Sectional Title in Baseball and a Busy 1960s Scene in Charleston

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...

Time Travel: Bridgeport's City Headquarters in 1987 as Well as Santa Visiting Kids in Buckhannon in 1968

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...

Time Travel: C&H Market on Main Street in 1962 and a 1990s Visit to Buckhannon from Elly May Clampett

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...

Time Travel: Civic Center Ice Skating in the 1960s and a Harrison County Bob Hope Appearance in 1974

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...

Time Travel: City Lions Club Members Helping Needy in 1950s and Salem High School's 1934 Hoops Team

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...

Time Travel: Businesses on Bridgeport Hill from 1987 and a Harman Store in Randolph County in 1910

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...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Junior High Football in 1987 and a Parade in Wheeling Dating Back to Late 1890s

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...

Time Travel: Simpson Elementary Aerial 1964 Photo and Frank Loria, Pete Secret on College Football Field

Posted on December 04, 2022

This photo is believed to be from February of 1964 and is an aerial shot showing Simpson Elementary School in the for...

Time Travel: The "Old" Bridgeport Dairy Queen and a Visit to West Virginia from Jack Dempsey in 1932

Posted on November 27, 2022

Who remembers when the Dairy Queen was located on the opposite side of Main Street? This is before it became the Brid...

Time Travel: BHS 2008 Girls State Swim Champions and an Old Harrison County Auto Wrecking Business

Posted on November 20, 2022

Bridgeport has had a long history of successful swimming teams and 2008 was not the exception. The girls earned the s...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Nurse Taking Care of Family of Don Knotts and Jackson's Mill Right Around 1900

Posted on November 13, 2022

The person on the far left many may recognized as West Virginia's own Don Knotts. The Morgantown native was having hi...

Time Travel: Halloween Fun at All Saints School Back in 1963 and Years Ago at Old Ritchie County School

Posted on November 06, 2022

Halloween fun in Bridgeport has been going back decades, as is shown in this photo courtesy of Susie Graeber. This ph...

Time Travel: Advertisement Sign for Helmick's Market and a Route 19 Restaurant Doing 1940s' Business

Posted on October 30, 2022

Who remembers Helmick's Market located on Philadelphia Avenue just past the intersection with Johnson Avenue? It was...
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    From the Bench: Coaching Commitment Like...

    It was about two years ago in this very blog, June 20, 2021, to be exact, when Dante Bonamico. It was about that time...

    Posted by Jeff Toquinto

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    Time Travel: BHS Senior Football Moms Ba...

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

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    Posted by Jon Griffith

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    Posted by Savanna Draper

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    Editor’s Note: This is a slightly modified version of my blog that has ran every year on graduation weekend. Please SH...

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    I wanted to share with you my opinion about another restaurant that I visited recently.  For Mother’s Day we decided t...

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