Time Travel: Mid-1980's Bridgeport High School Boys Hoops and the Skidmore Hotel in 1910
By Dick Duez on March 29, 2015 from History Blog via Connect-Bridgeport.com
This photo is part of the collection of 1986 Bridgeport High School alum Claude Ryan. This photo came from the school's official basketball program. You should know some of the players and others pictured above.
The famous Skidmore Hotel in Webster Spring is pictured here around 1910. People from all over came to this resort town in Webster County to partake of the sulfur water . The town had many more hotels that were well known.
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.
