Time Travel: BHS Campus 1966 Aerial Shot and November 1950 Downtown Clarksburg Snowstorm
By Dick Duez on April 12, 2015 from History Blog via Connect-Bridgeport.com
Curious to just how much work and changes have taken place at Bridgeport High School and the athletic complex? This aerial photo, or one taken from a higher vantage point, from 1966 should tell you plenty. Note the tennis courts in the parking lot behind the high school.
Snowstorms in Harrison County aren't new as this photo showing Pike Street in downtown Clarksburg from November 1950 attests. Check out some of the familiar names of businesses such as the Manhattan Restaurant, the Brunswick and the Evans Hotel. See any others? If so, list them in the comment section below.
Editor's Note: This ongoing photo feature of pictures from Bridgeport and throughout the Mountain State is part of local historian Richard "Dick" Duez's collection. Duez, the unofficial historian of Bridgeport, would appreciate any scanned photos emailed to him for use here or to include in his ongoing efforts to preserve local history. You can email photos, or let him know how to acquire copies of photos you may have in your possession, to Duez at grinder12@frontier.com.
