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Time Travel: Bridgeport Junior High School Captures County Title in '82 and Rewind to Downtown Thomas

Posted on December 23, 2018

This photo is from The Bridgeport Leader newspaper in March of 1982 and it shows the 1981-82 Harrison County Junior H...

Time Travel: BHS Freshman Cheerleaders from 2003 and Christmas at Morgantown's G.C. Murphy

Posted on December 16, 2018

Do any of these young ladies look familiar? You may know a few of them in this picture taken by Tom Mellott in 2003....

Time Travel: One of City's Most "Exciting" Downtown Businesses and a South Charleston Rewind

Posted on December 09, 2018

For years, many from Bridgeport and beyond would unwind on Main Street's Exciting Irene's located on Ma...

Time Travel: A Look at Pure Food Store's Main Street Version and Opening of Route 50 Bypass in 1961

Posted on December 02, 2018

Although the exact date of this photo is unknown, it is one of the locations of the well-known Pure Food Store...

Time Travel: Indians' 1994 Frosh Football Team with Coaching Legends and Tennerton Gas in 1940

Posted on November 25, 2018

See some familiar names? This is the Bridgeport High School 1994 freshman football team that was coached by the...

Time Travel: Man Who Photographed City's History and Decades Rewind to Grafton and Car Dealership

Posted on November 18, 2018

Shown above is Bob Nichols, who sadly passed away earlier this month. Nichols was the owner of The Bell Studio...

Time Travel: Indians' Championship Golf Team and a Visit to the Eldora Between Bridgeport and Fairmont

Posted on November 11, 2018

Recognize those names above? Many are familiar as they're part of the dominating 1990s Bridgeport High Scho...

Time Travel: Standouts Part of Indians' 2000 Freshman Football Team and Forest Festival Princesses

Posted on November 04, 2018

Recognize some of the young men that made up the 2000 Bridgeport High School freshman football team? This group playe...

Time Travel: Varsity Cheer Squad at Bridgeport from 1994 and Rewinding Decades to Romeny Store

Posted on October 28, 2018

Any of these young ladies look familiar? They should as many are still in the local community. This a photo of...

Time Travel: A BHS Senior Runs for Harrison County Office and 1961 Clarksburg Route 50 Construction

Posted on October 21, 2018

With elections coming to the area and the nation soon, here's a look back at a time when a Bridgeport High...

Time Travel: Major League Icon Joins Locals on Main Street and Old Soda Shop in Clarksburg Drug Store

Posted on October 14, 2018

Anyone know who's pictured here? There are three icons including one worldwide and two local at Oliverio's di...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Junior High School Football in 1978 and Glen Elk B&O Warehouse in Same Year

Posted on October 07, 2018

See anyone you know? This is the 1978 Bridgeport Junior High School football team as well as the cheerleaders. Many w...

Time Travel: Improving on City's Water Plant More than 60 Years Ago and a Look at the Bruceton Mill

Posted on September 30, 2018

Does this building look familiar? To many, it will as it's the old Bridgeport Filtration Plant that sat below w...

Time Travel: A Train Derailment in Bridgeport Near Old Depot and Rewinding to Main Street in Keyser

Posted on September 23, 2018

Doe anyone recall a train derailment happening along Virginia Avenue near the old train depot that was demolish...

Time Travel: Coach Wayne Jamison with Past Players and Going Back Decades to Rocket Boy Country

Posted on September 16, 2018

With football season in full swing and with the passing of Coach Wayne Jamison earlier this year, several Time Travel...
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