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Time Travel: Late 1980s Track at Bridgeport High School and Demolishing a Historic Clarksburg Building

Posted on July 19, 2015

Long before Bridgeport High School had a quality track, the Indians had plenty of quality track athletes. Here's...

Time Travel: Jim and Julia Compton from the 1980s and Clarksburg's Kelly Miller School in the 1950s

Posted on July 12, 2015

This photo of Julia and Jim Compton is from the 1980's. Does anyone know who is in the picture with them and at what e...

Time Travel: One of Bridgeport's Well-Known Stores and Looking at Lyrics to a Harry Powers Song

Posted on July 05, 2015

This photo from 1967 is of the old Helmick's Market that was a frequent stop for many in the community. Can any...

Time Travel: Johnson Elementary 5th Grade Students from 1970s and Old Bridge with Civil War Ties

Posted on June 28, 2015

Recognize anyone? This picture from the 1970s is of a Johnson Elementary Fifth Grade class. The photo is courtesy of...

Time Travel: BHS Senior Football Players from 1996 and One of Clarksburg's Old Main Street Anchors

Posted on June 21, 2015

This is one of a handful of photos we'll be using from the 1996 sports program that was submitted for our use b...

Time Travel: A Familiar Bridgeport Business from Decades Ago

Posted on June 14, 2015

This is a photo of Don Duke's Pure Service Station that was located on East Main Street in Bridgeport at the corner o...

Time Travel: Bridgeport's First-Ever Soccer Team and Long-Time Clarksburg Swimming Hot Spot

Posted on June 07, 2015

This is a picture of the first-ever Bridgeport High School soccer team from the 1986-87 school year. The photo was su...

Time Travel: Going Back Two Decades with BHS Majorettes and Visiting an Eatery in Taylor County

Posted on May 31, 2015

  This is the 1995-96 Bridgeport High School Majorettes as pictured in that school year's basketball pro...

Time Travel: Men Responsible for Bridgeport's Last Drive-In and Old Clarksburg Automobile Dealer

Posted on May 24, 2015

The two men pictured above are the Ellis brothers, who ran the drive-in along U.S. Route 50 in Bridgeport and...

Time Travel: Demolition of One of Bridgeport's Iconic Churches and Visiting Moorefield's McNeill Hotel

Posted on May 17, 2015

For year's, the All Saints Catholic Church was situated at this site on the corner of Philadelphia and Main Stree...

Time Travel: A Familiar Piece of Bridgeport Real Estate and Mother of All Mother's Day Buildings

Posted on May 10, 2015

Does anybody recognize this house? It’s now Venture Real Estate, which is located on North Virginia Avenue. The...

Time Travel: Bridgeport's First-Ever Baseball State Title and Three of Harrison County's Top Athlete

Posted on May 03, 2015

This photo goes back more than two decades when Bridgeport High School won its first state baseball championship in 1...

Time Travel: Revisiting an Iconic Bridgeport Business and Looking at Downtown Webster Springs Back in 1951

Posted on April 26, 2015

Today, many of you recognize this building as the site of Via Veneto near the intersection of Platinum Drive and...

Time Travel: Mayor, other City Officials from the 1980s and Downtown Morgantown from 1963

Posted on April 19, 2015

This photo, believed to be from the 1980s, shows former Mayor Charles M. Loar signing an unknown document. It i...

Time Travel: BHS Campus 1966 Aerial Shot and November 1950 Downtown Clarksburg Snowstorm

Posted on April 12, 2015

Curious to just how much work and changes have taken place at Bridgeport High School and the athletic complex? This a...
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