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Time Travel: A Bridgeport High School Athletic Trio and Clarksburg during Historic and Tragic 1985 Flood

Posted on September 09, 2018

While many may recognize the man on the right as Coach Wayne Jamison, for those recognizing the other two men f...

Time Travel: Early Look at Ray Blake's The Canteen and Road Trip Decades Earlier to Seneca Rocks

Posted on September 02, 2018

Bridgeport's Ray Blake owned and operated what many consider one of Clarksburg's most iconic restaurants - Th...

Time Travel: Braves Unbeaten 1982 Football Team and Salem College Hoops and Sports Writing Legend

Posted on August 26, 2018

This was a preview of things to come for the Indians football team as the 1982 Bridgeport Junior High Braves ro...

Time Travel: A Rewind to Bridgeport's Fireman's Fair in 1972 and Visiting Now Defunct Stealy Pool

Posted on August 19, 2018

For decades, the Bridgeport Fireman's Fair was one of the most popular events for the city residents as well as many...

Time Travel: BHS Assistant Football Coach from WVU Playing Days and Main Street St. Marys in 1910

Posted on August 12, 2018

If the football player looks familiar, there's a reason for it. This is BHS Assistant Football Coach and Harris...

Time Travel: Decades Rewind to Battered Bow String Bridge and Visiting a Thriving Downtown Salem

Posted on August 05, 2018

Today, Bridgeport Bow String Bridge is not only in good shape, but sees plenty of foot traffic. That wasn't alway...

Time Travel: Little and Tiny Miss Indian Winners from 2002 and Rewinding Back to Stealey Invitational

Posted on July 29, 2018

This photo from early 2002 shows the winners of the Tiny Miss Indian and Little Miss Indian contest at the intermissi...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Youth Cheerleaders from 1999 and Clarksburg Glass Cutting Back in the 1970s

Posted on July 22, 2018

Any of these young ladies look familiar? There is probably more than one person you recognize.This is a photo of the...

Time Travel: Origins of Main Street Restaurant and Men at a Harrison County Courthouse Hangout Spot

Posted on July 15, 2018

This photo is back to the origins of a still popular Main Street restaurant. It is of T&L Hot Dogs and believed...

Time Travel: Early Easy Street from 1961 and Going to the 1920s to a Tire Shop Located in Grafton

Posted on July 08, 2018

If this doesn't look familiar, there's a reason for it.This is the entrance to Easy Street in 1961 as residen...

Time Travel: Cup of Coffee in City in 1963 and Start of Interstate 79 with Earth Moving One Year Earlier

Posted on July 01, 2018

Anyone remember the coffee shop sitting on the corner of Main Street and Center Street? This is a photo of the inside...

Time Travel: Emergency Personnel Photo from Years Ago and Vacant Land at Adamston Flat Glass Site

Posted on June 24, 2018

This photo from many decades ago shows several local individuals in front of a Bridgeport Fire Department Truck...

Time Travel: A Little Pre1960s Civic Centers Hoops with Hugh Gainer and a Pre-1945 Charleston Diner

Posted on June 17, 2018

This photo goes back nearly 60 years as it was taken approximately in 1959 and is on the area down on the grounds of...

Time Travel: Visting the Well-Known Green Parrot and a Stop at The Sheraton in Downtown Clarksburg

Posted on June 10, 2018

  Who remembers the Green Parrot? This photo shows one of the iconic area establishments that produced many memor...

Time Travel: Revisiting BHS Coaches and Standout Players from 1963 and Clarksburg's Satellite Drive In

Posted on June 03, 2018

This photo is believed to be from the fall of 1963 and shows Coach Wayne Jamison, left, followed by players But...
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