History Blog

Time Travel: Labor Day Tradition at Hills Department Store and 1990s Clarksburg Pike Street Businesses

Posted on October 19, 2025

This advertisment is from the mid-1990s when Hills was still a beloved member of the community a provided its a...

Time Travel: Decades Ago with City Pop Warner Team and a Long-Since Gone Clarksburg Downtown Bank

Posted on October 12, 2025

Although the exact date of this photo is unknown, it is showing a Bridgeport Pop Warner youth football team from deca...

Time Travel: Legendary BHS Football Coaching Staff and Traveling by Way of Train from a Busy Glen Elk

Posted on October 05, 2025

This photo, perhaps from the 1960s, shows a legendary Bridgeport High School coaching staff for football. Top r...

Time Travel: A 1971 Score at Bridgeport High School and Decades Ago with Victory, Other School's Hi-Ys

Posted on September 28, 2025

This photo is from the 1971 season and it shows Phil Nicewarner (10) going in for a touchdown as Steve Stout (42) tra...

Time Travel: Mr. and Miss BHS from 1995 and Going Back to 1900 for a Wagon Repair Shop in Martinsburg

Posted on September 21, 2025

This picture taken from the Bridgeport High School 1995 Ki-Cu-Wa yearbook shows Mr. and Miss BHS for the 1994-95 scho...

Time Travel: Coaches Thornton, Retton at BHS Sports Banquet and Logan County Theatre Show from 1935

Posted on September 14, 2025

Coach Randy Thornton is shown holding up a photo of what appears to be three muddy Indians football players while leg...

Time Travel; Bridgeport Volleyball 2003 Flashback and Clarksburg Dining Across from Notre Dame High

Posted on September 07, 2025

This is a photo from the 2004 Bridgeport High School yearbook showing the 2003 Indians volleyball team. Those p...

Time Travel: Bridgeport's 1970-71 Sports Banquet and a Retail Giant in Downtown Clarksburg from 1962

Posted on August 31, 2025

This is a photo from the 1970-71 Bridgeport High School Sports Banquet. Shown in the photo, from left, is Larry Burne...

Time Travel: Main Street Bridgeport Back in 1984 and a Fairmont's Adams Street Visit from John F. Kennedy

Posted on August 24, 2025

This photo shows a slightly different version of Main Street in 1984. At this time, Dairy Queen was located where Eas...

Time Travel: Grainy, Elusive Photo of Iconic Bridgeport Restaurant and 1940s Full Service Tennerton Gas

Posted on August 17, 2025

Bridgeport's unofficial historian, and author of this blog, Richard "Dick" Duez has said he has spent 50 years lookin...

Time Travel: A Past Order from the Bavarian Inn and Revisiting Fire that Hammered Downtown Salem

Posted on August 10, 2025

The Bavarian Inn, shown here featuring its beef stew lunch special, occupied this familiar barn-shapped...

Time Travel: Looking Outside and Inside at The Coffee Shop and 1910 Flour Mill Work from Boothsville

Posted on August 03, 2025

Although not certain of the date of this photo, it is of the exterior of The Coffee Shop situated on the corner of Center...

Time Travel: Annual Fireman's Fair Parade on Main Street and a Clarksburg Glass Plant from 1906

Posted on July 27, 2025

Few things are talked about with as much fondness as the former Bridgeport Fireman's Fair. Although the exact d...

Time Travel: Mr. and Miss BHS from 1997 and a Bus Stop Decades ago on Main Street in Clarksburg

Posted on July 20, 2025

For decades, Bridgeport High School has had a Mr. and Miss BHS. The year 1997 was no exception to the rule. Durinig t...

Time Travel: Bridgeport High School Basketball Action from 1962 and Clarksburg's Oak Hall Building in 1911

Posted on July 13, 2025

This photo, courtesy of Frank Yerkey, is of him lining up a picture perfect jump shot from the baseline in 1962 again...

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History Blog

Time Travel: Labor Day Tradition at Hills Department Store and 1990s Clarksburg Pike Street Businesses

Time Travel: Decades Ago with City Pop Warner Team and a Long-Since Gone Clarksburg Downtown Bank

Time Travel: Legendary BHS Football Coaching Staff and Traveling by Way of Train from a Busy Glen Elk

Time Travel: A 1971 Score at Bridgeport High School and Decades Ago with Victory, Other School's Hi-Ys

Time Travel: Mr. and Miss BHS from 1995 and Going Back to 1900 for a Wagon Repair Shop in Martinsburg

Time Travel: Coaches Thornton, Retton at BHS Sports Banquet and Logan County Theatre Show from 1935

Time Travel; Bridgeport Volleyball 2003 Flashback and Clarksburg Dining Across from Notre Dame High

Time Travel: Bridgeport's 1970-71 Sports Banquet and a Retail Giant in Downtown Clarksburg from 1962

Time Travel: Main Street Bridgeport Back in 1984 and a Fairmont's Adams Street Visit from John F. Kennedy

Time Travel: Grainy, Elusive Photo of Iconic Bridgeport Restaurant and 1940s Full Service Tennerton Gas

Time Travel: A Past Order from the Bavarian Inn and Revisiting Fire that Hammered Downtown Salem

Time Travel: Looking Outside and Inside at The Coffee Shop and 1910 Flour Mill Work from Boothsville

Time Travel: Annual Fireman's Fair Parade on Main Street and a Clarksburg Glass Plant from 1906

Time Travel: Mr. and Miss BHS from 1997 and a Bus Stop Decades ago on Main Street in Clarksburg

Time Travel: Bridgeport High School Basketball Action from 1962 and Clarksburg's Oak Hall Building in 1911

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