History Blog

Posted on January 29, 2023

Although 1995 did not see the Bridgeport baseball team win a state title despite making it to Charleston, the team di...

Posted on January 22, 2023

This may look familiar to some, and to others, it may just look like an old building. This photo from 1987 shows the...

Posted on January 15, 2023

Here is a look at the old C&H Market that was located on Main Street and served the community for years. The business...

Posted on January 08, 2023

Although it may have been cold enough to find some frozen bodies of water locally to ice skate on just prior to Christmas...

Posted on December 25, 2022

The Bridgeport Lions Club has been doing good deeds in the city for decades, and this photo from the 1950s on the cor...

Posted on December 18, 2022

This photo is from 1987 and, as you can see, plenty has changed on the business front in the last 35 years. Only McDo...

Posted on December 11, 2022

See anyone you know in this photo? It is a picture of the 1987 Bridgeport Junior High School football team and one of...

Posted on December 04, 2022

This photo is believed to be from February of 1964 and is an aerial shot showing Simpson Elementary School in the for...

Posted on November 27, 2022

Who remembers when the Dairy Queen was located on the opposite side of Main Street? This is before it became the Brid...

Posted on November 20, 2022

Bridgeport has had a long history of successful swimming teams and 2008 was not the exception. The girls earned the s...

Posted on November 13, 2022

The person on the far left many may recognized as West Virginia's own Don Knotts. The Morgantown native was having hi...

Posted on November 06, 2022

Halloween fun in Bridgeport has been going back decades, as is shown in this photo courtesy of Susie Graeber. This ph...

Posted on October 30, 2022

Who remembers Helmick's Market located on Philadelphia Avenue just past the intersection with Johnson Avenue? It was...

Posted on October 23, 2022

This photo from Bill McCartney is believed to be from the late 1950s and it shows something that still takes place to this...

Posted on October 16, 2022

The possiblity of scenes like this will increase in the weeks and months ahead. In this particular photo, city worker...

From the Bench: After 20 Years on Links,...

Fred Wilhelm loves to play golf. He loves to teach golf. As the coach for the Bridgeport High School golf team, he got...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: A Miraculous 1995 BHS Secti...

Although 1995 did not see the Bridgeport baseball team win a state title despite making it to Charleston, the team di...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: The Price of Eggs

I remember the saying of long ago, “What’s that have to do with the price of eggs in China?&rd...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: Some Things to Know about th...

Recently, Bridgeport Police Chief Mark Rogers was sitting at his desk when a call went out for a vehicle accident on U...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Off the Shelf: The Debut of New Programs...

The library is debuting some new and exciting programs for the month of February! We will be offering something new fo...

Posted by Savanna Draper
The Grapevine: Talk on Anise Seed and th...

If you happen to be associating with local ladies who like to bake, especially those who want to make Easter Bread, th...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
Why Bridgeport? Inclusion Not Simply a C...

Bridgeport and our residents often get wrongly accused of being elitist or arrogant. That reputation circulates widely...

Posted by Jon Griffith