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Time Travel: A 1963 Look at Old Valley Hills Shopping Plaza and a Clarksburg Flood Going Back Decades

Posted on June 16, 2024

Look familiar? Some may, and some may not. The main road at the bottom is Main Street and the road show in the upper...

Time Travel: Bridgeport Workers at a 1930s' City Auto Dealership and Keyser's Massive Railroad Yard

Posted on June 09, 2024

Do you know who these to gentlemen from Bridgeport are? Here's a clue before we give you the answer. This photo is fr...

Time Travel: 1980 Tennis Tourney at the Civic Center and a Look at a Beckley Street Scene Back in 1954

Posted on June 02, 2024

Not a lot to explain here as all the information on this roughly 44-year-old photo is in the caption that is included...

Time Travel: Young Ladies Pose in 1979 at Bridgeport City Pool and Enjoying Johnstown's Community Band

Posted on May 26, 2024

There's not much information to go by on this particular photo other than it's likely from 1979 and it...

Time Travel: Early 1970s Simpson Elementary Second Graders and Senator Rockefeller in Office in 1985

Posted on May 19, 2024

This photo is believed to be from 1971-1972 and shows the second grade glass of Miss Capazio at Simpson Elementary. D...

Time Travel: Bridgeport High Fans Rooting for a 1992 State Tourney Win and Movies from Romney in 1939

Posted on May 12, 2024

Curious as to why these students at Bridgeport High School all have their arms in the air? Well, they're cheering for...

Time Travel: Rewind of Nearly 80 Years of City's Fire Department and 1940s Clarksburg's Trolley System

Posted on May 05, 2024

The Bridgeport Fire Department has served the city for decades. This photo shows the fire department back in 1945 when it...

Time Travel: Riding in Bridgeport High's Homecoming Parade and Cooling Off a Bit with a Dip at Falls Mills

Posted on April 28, 2024

This is a photo of Jennifer Fresa riding in the Bridgeport High School Homecoming Parade. This is believed to b...

Time Travel: Main Street Kentucky Fried Chicken and Morgantown High Street Bus Service in Early 1900s

Posted on April 21, 2024

Does anyone remember when Bridgeport's Main Street was home to a Kentucky Fried Chicken, now KFC, restaurant? It...

Time Travel: Gov. Gaston Caperton Presents a Check to Bridgeport Officials and Lumberport's First Trolley

Posted on April 14, 2024

Although not everyone is identified and the event is not certain, this photo from 1991 appears to involv...

Time Travel: Holiday Plaza and Lodgeville in 1970s and Taking a Summer Lewis County Lake Riley Trip

Posted on April 07, 2024

A lot to take in and a few questions regarding this photo believed to be from the 1970s. It shows the Holiday Plaza (...

Time Travel: A City United Methodist Church Choir in 1975 and Taking a 1938 Visit to the Ritz in Clarksburg

Posted on March 31, 2024

Here's a picture from 1975 of the Bridgeport Methodist Church Choir and outside of Jim Frush, the identities of most...

Time Travel: Decades-Old Aerial of Bridgeport High, JES and Taking a 1962 Visit to Webster Springs

Posted on March 24, 2024

The date is unknown on this photo but it dates back to the old cinder track and pre-turf days at Bridgeport High Scho...

Time Travel: The 1962 Bridgeport High School Varsity Club Members and Visiting Barbour County in 1911

Posted on March 17, 2024

If you couldn't recognize the members of the 1962 Varsity Club at Bridgeport High School, the names are included at t...

Time Travel: A Bridgeport Band at the Fireman's Fair and Going Back Years to the Anmoore Grade School

Posted on March 10, 2024

The year of this photo and all the individuals shown are unknown. However, it was taken at one of the Bridgeport Fire...

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