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Time Travel: Reading About 1952 Firemen's Fair and a Look at Fairmont's High Level Bridge Decades Ago

Posted on July 25, 2021

You may have to look close, but there is plenty of information on the 1952 Bridgeport Firemen's Fair. Two things no l...

Time Travel: BHS 1984 School Play of Grease and a Coal Mining Welch Baseball Game from Decades Ago

Posted on July 18, 2021

This photo, taken by Bob Nichols, is from the 1984 Bridgeport High School production of Grease. See anyone you know o...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Youth Soccer Team from 1986 and Rewinding to Nitro and a 10 MPH Speed Limit

Posted on July 11, 2021

This photo is from the Bridgeport Youth Soccer League and dates back to 1986. Shown in the back row kneeling is Coach...

Time Travel: Aerial View of Hills Department Store and Ellis Drive-In and 1957 Salem Downtown Businesses

Posted on July 04, 2021

This photo, taken by Bob Nichols is from 1966 and shows a place very familiar to most. The developed area to the left...

Time Travel: Going Back to the 1970s with City School Patrol and a 1990 Ferry Trip into State of Ohio

Posted on June 27, 2021

Anyone remember being a member of the school patrol? Decades after this 1975 or 1976 photo taken in front of a Ramble...

Time Travel: City United Methodist Church 1975 Choir and Upshur County Community Band in Early 1900s

Posted on June 20, 2021

This is the Bridgeport United Methodist Church Choir from 1975. The names are as follows (apologies for any spelled i...

Time Travel: Main Street 1953 City Grocery Store and Looking at City of Fairmont's Downtown in the 1940s

Posted on June 13, 2021

Bridgeport has had plenty of grocery stores in the past, but some may not remember there was an A&P right in the...

Time Travel: Locals in Music Business from 2005 and a Downtown Clarksburg 1933 Hotspot for Movies

Posted on June 06, 2021

Some of these young men look familiar? You may know them today, but this is a look back to them in 2005 as part of Ac...

Time Travel: Charter Members of City Church Group Honored and Beckley Fire Department from the 1980s

Posted on May 30, 2021

The date of this photo is unknown, but it involved a program held to honor the charter members of the Women's Society...

Time Travel: Bridgeport's 2001 State Champion Cheer Squad and Unknown Train Site in Harrison County

Posted on May 23, 2021

Bridgeport's cheerleading program has seen its share of success through the years. This is a photo of the celebration on t...

Time Travel: West Philadelphia Business Hot Spot and Police Patrol in Glen Elk Decades ago in Clarksburg

Posted on May 16, 2021

Anyone remember when this West Philadelphia Avenue buiding housed Dairy Mart as is shown in what is believed to be an...

Time Travel: Identifying Two Young Ladies in 1965 at All Saints and State Police Doing Job on Horseback

Posted on May 09, 2021

Here is a photo that is from 1965 and is at All Saints Catholic Church. After that, the information is unknown. These...

Time Travel: BMS Volleyball Team from the 1980s and Amtrak Routes in Clarksburg's Glen Elk Section

Posted on May 02, 2021

This is a photo of the 1982-83 volleyball team at Bridgeport Middle School. The team was coached by James Broslawsky,...

Time Travel: Youthful Days of City Business Owner and St. James Catholic Church 8th Grade Graduation

Posted on April 25, 2021

This is Bridgeport business owner Bob Riggs during his youth. The photo, courtesy of Mike Riggs, shows Bob standing b...

Time Travel: Pee Wee White Cheerleaders from 2000 and National Retail Giant in Clarksburg from 1962

Posted on April 18, 2021

Although this submitted image is grainy, it is of the Bridgeport Pee Wee White Exhibition Squad back in 2000 and was...
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