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Time Travel: An Extinct Main Street Building Busy with Business Today and Morgantown in the 1920s

Posted on February 13, 2022

This site look familiar? It should for many, as this building was once located on the corner of Main Street and Cente...

Time Travel: Replacing BHS Gym Floor in 1985 after Massive Flood and JFK Working the South in the '60s

Posted on February 06, 2022

This photo from the mid-1980s is not of a planned construction project. Rather, it is the replacement of the Bridgepo...

Time Travel: Bridgeport JHS 1982-83 Honor Society and a BHS Alum Division I Hoops Team Pic from 1994

Posted on January 30, 2022

This is a photo ofr the National Junior Honor Society at Bridgeport Junior High from the 1982-83 school year. The gro...

Time Travel: Aerial of Two Iconic City Retail Stores and Hollywood, NFL Legends in Huntington in Mid 2000s

Posted on January 23, 2022

This aerial shot, believed to be from the mid to late 1960s to the early 1970s, shows the former Hills Plaza and the...

Time Travel: Some Mid-1980s Fun with City Youth and a Decades-Old Hot Dog Shop Situated in Clarksburg

Posted on January 16, 2022

See anyone you know? This photo, believed to be from the mid-1980's, shows a group of young city boys and one of...

Time Travel: Former Bridgeport Police Chief and WI's Band Participating in Elkins' Forest Festival in 1952

Posted on January 09, 2022

Former Bridgeport Police Chief Jack Clayton is shown in this photo, perhaps from the 1980s or early 1990s when the po...

Time Travel: Ice Skating at the Benedum Civic Center and Predecessor to Harrison County Auto Dealership

Posted on December 26, 2021

This photo shows the ice skating rink that used to exist on the grounds of the Benedum Civic Center. This photo is fr...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Junior High 1982-83 Blue Pep Club and Inside Clarksburg's Ritz Theatre in 1950

Posted on December 19, 2021

This photo is of the 1982-83 Bridgeport Junior High School "Blue" Pep Club. The school also had a "Red" pep club. The...

Time Travel: Way Back to Bridgeport Stockyards and a 1952 Trip to the Forest Festival Parade in Elkins

Posted on December 12, 2021

Although it has been gone for decades, it is likely many in Bridgeport and beyond still remember the Bridgeport Stock...

Time Travel: Decades-Old Bridgeport Business that was Beloved and Clarksburg 4th Street Movie House

Posted on December 05, 2021

Here is a classic photo from decades ago showing you the inside of the highly popular Handy Shop that was frequented...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Snow Storm from 2009 and a 100-Plus Year-Old Look Back at Downtown Shinnston

Posted on November 28, 2021

There is an unfortunate possibility that a scene like this could be taking place soon, if it hasn't already. This...

Time Travel: Prominent City Business in its Location in 1962 and Philippi Covered Bridge after 1989 Fire

Posted on November 21, 2021

This photo shows the offices of Dr. H.M. Murray, optometrist, when it was located on 118 East Main Street. The photo...

Time Travel: Going Back to 1962 for a City Restaurant Visit and a 1905 Wooden Bicycle Ride on Route 50

Posted on November 14, 2021

Anyone remember when Jenny's Restaurant was located on Main Street. This popular eatery is shown here in this 1962 ph...

Time Travel: One of City's Current Busy Intersections Decades Ago and an Extinct Area Covered Bridge

Posted on November 07, 2021

This look familiar? For those who are not sure, the site today is the home of Sheetz at the intersection of Johnson A...

Time Travel: Aerial View of Jamison Field Complex in 1982 and Harrison County Store, Eatery from 1910

Posted on October 31, 2021

Things certainly have changed in the near four decades since this photo was taken 1982. The athletic fields in questi...
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