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Time Travel: Mr. and Miss BHS from 1997 and a Bus Stop Decades ago on Main Street in Clarksburg

Posted on July 20, 2025

For decades, Bridgeport High School has had a Mr. and Miss BHS. The year 1997 was no exception to the rule. Durinig t...

Time Travel: Bridgeport High School Basketball Action from 1962 and Clarksburg's Oak Hall Building in 1911

Posted on July 13, 2025

This photo, courtesy of Frank Yerkey, is of him lining up a picture perfect jump shot from the baseline in 1962 again...

Time Travel: Early 1980s Bridgeport Youth Soccer and 1950s Strawberry Festival Queen Candidates

Posted on July 06, 2025

See anyone you remember from this youth soccer photo from the very early 1980s - likely 1981 or 1982? The team...

Time Travel: Johnson Avenue "Pre-Sheetz" from 1987 and Salem College Men's Basketball from 1977

Posted on June 29, 2025

Look familiar? If it doesn't, it's because today this area of Johnson Avenue is completely built up. Th...

Time Travel: Braves Cheerleaders from 1987-1988 and a Business from 1962 in Downtown Clarksburg

Posted on June 22, 2025

You know this young ladies? This is from the 1987-88 school year and back in the Bridgeport Junior High Days. She...

Time Travel: Car Trouble "in" Maple Lake from 1959 and Popular Drug Store from Downtown Clarksburg

Posted on June 15, 2025

The perpetrator of the car in Maple Lake is also the same person submitting the photo. Tim Flint, then 3, bumpe...

Time Travel: Decades Old Bridgeport High Golf Team and a 1963 Drive-In Restaurant in City of Charleston

Posted on June 08, 2025

Here is what we know about this photo. It shows a Bridgeort High School golf team from many decades ago. After that,...

Time Travel: Jerry West at Bridgeport Country Club and Morgan Grade School's 1975 First Grade Class

Posted on June 01, 2025

That's the "logo" and former WVU and Lakers standout Jerry West, second from left, at the Bridgeport Country Cl...

Time Travel: BHS Football 1987 Returning Lettermen and Decades Ago to a Preston County Service Station

Posted on May 25, 2025

This photo shows the returning letter winners for the 1987 Bridgeport High School football team and is courtesy of Ru...

Time Travel: Early 2000's BHS Cheerleading Champs and a Defunct Popular Clarksburg Restaurant

Posted on May 18, 2025

This photo, courtesy of Charles Simmons, shows the Bridgeport High School cheerleadings squad celebrating a 200...

Time Travel: Bridgeport High's 1997-98 Majorettes and a Big Pre-Movie Food Line at the Skyline Drive-In

Posted on May 11, 2025

Shown are the Bridgeport High School majorettes from the 1987-88 school year in a photo courtesy of Ruth Allen. Shown...

Time Travel: Mr. and Miss Bridgeport High School from 2000 and Rewinding to Victory High Band Photo

Posted on May 04, 2025

These two look familiar. This was the choice for Mr. and Miss Bridgeport High School during the 1999-2000 schoo...

Time Travel: Route 50 Aerial in City from Many Years Ago and 1907 Mail Service in Pocahontas County

Posted on April 27, 2025

This photo, courtesy of Mike Corder, shows U.S. Route 50 at the bottom of the page running almost the length of the p...

Time Travel: Outdoor Club at BJHS from 1982-83 and Downtown Clarksburg Jewelry Store from 1903

Posted on April 20, 2025

This is a photo of the Bridgeport Junior High Outdoor Club for the freshman class in 1982-83. The sponors were...

Time Travel: Bridgeport 1987 Girls Basketball Squad and Downtown Wheeling from Many Decades Ago

Posted on April 13, 2025

This photo, provided by Ruth Allen, dates back to 1987, when girls basketball was played in the fall. Pictured for th...

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