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History Blog

Time Travel: Mystery Bridgeport Bank 1906 Photo and Local Glass Company Workers Back from 1916

Posted on January 03, 2021

There is little information about this particular photo. The only thing noted on the back is "Bridgeport Bank&qu...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Police Enjoying a Meal in 1997 and Victory High School's 1945 Basketball Team

Posted on December 27, 2020

These two photos were taken on March 7, 1996 at the Bridgeport Police Department during what appears to be a lunch of...

Time Travel: Super Dry Summer of '87 at Maple Lake and Victory's Band in 1972 Clarksburg Xmas Parade

Posted on December 20, 2020

For those of you fretting the cold weather, here's a look back to the summer of 1987. This is Maple Lake in a ver...

Time Travel: Looking Back to Prominent City Business and 1970 in Small McDowell County Community

Posted on December 13, 2020

Many in Bridgeport likely remember when Riggs Exxon was situated on the corner of Route 50-MainStreet and Lodgeville...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Business Icon from 1978 and Harrison County Chamber's 2000 Board of Directors

Posted on December 06, 2020

Bridgeport's Charles Edward "Jim" Compton, the founder of Grafton Coal Company, is shown second from ri...

Time Travel: Bridgeport's 1970's Police Department and a Look at a Small, Rural West Virginia Post Office

Posted on November 29, 2020

This photo is from the 1970s, although the exact date is unknown. It shows members of the Bridgeport Police Departmen...

Time Travel: Going to Compton Park in the 1980s and Resort South of City from 1965 No Longer Operating

Posted on November 22, 2020

Although some of this is still familiar, a lot of this has changed. This is a photo of Compton Park from 1987 and it...

Time Travel: Indians 1979 Football Coaching Staff and Harrison County Train Stop Nearly 100 Years Ago

Posted on November 15, 2020

This is a photo of Bridgeport's 1979 coaching staff, a team that went on to win the Class AAA state championship. Sho...

Time Travel: Recalling Bridgeport Bank on Main Street and a One-Room School House in Putnam County

Posted on November 08, 2020

Does anyone remember the Bridgeport Bank? This is believed to be the front of a calendar from the bank showing the of...

Time Travel: Another Strong BHS Swim Team Back in 2007 and John F. Kennedy in Charleston in 1963

Posted on November 01, 2020

For decades now, Bridgeport High School's boys and girls swim teams have been at the top of the most dominant program...

Time Travel: Water Show in City from Early 1960s and a Glass Plant that Relocated its Way to Bridgeport

Posted on October 25, 2020

See anyone you know in the names listed below? This is an advertisement for a swimming show in Bridgeport. It is beli...

Time Travel: Recalling a School Hike for Many Years Ago and a Famous Downtown Clarksburg Building

Posted on October 18, 2020

Anyone remember taking this walk up Orchard Avenue? This photo from 1987 was back when the top of the hill led you to...

Time Travel: BHS Valedictorians and Salutatorians in 2001 and Decades ago in Summersville in the Fall

Posted on October 11, 2020

Although no longer practiced, Harrison County Schools used to honor valedictorians and salutatorians. Bridgepor...

Time Travel: A Look at the Pre-Jamison Field Complex and a Few Little Ladies from Anmoore Grade School

Posted on October 04, 2020

This should look familiar to a lot of people. This photo is from 1987 and shows the two youth league fields that are...

Time Travel: Celebrating Michael Benedum's Birthday in 1957 and a Once Famous Berkeley Springs Hotel

Posted on September 27, 2020

This is from Michael Benedum's 88th birthday party in August of 1957 that was celebrated at the city's new sw...
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