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The Times West Virginian is a four-day morning daily newspaper based in Fairmont, West Virginia, which also covers the city of Bridgeport, West Virginia, and surrounding communities in Marion, Monongalia, Taylor and Harrison counties, West Virginia.
Bridgeport was first settled between 1771 and 1774 with the establishment of Simpson Creek Baptist Church, one of the first churches west of the Allegheny Mountains, and surrounding log cabins. [5] The town is believed to have been named for a bridge across Simpson Creek, but it is unclear what bridge was the namesake.
The Journal was established as The Evening Journal in 1907 by Harry F. Byrd, a future U.S. Senator and governor of Virginia. [3] Byrd sold the paper in 1912 to associate Max von Schlegell, who sold it to H.C. Ogden in 1923.
High Gate (also known as the James Edwin Watson House or Ross Funeral Home) [1] is an historic residence located at 800 Fairmont Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia.. The High Gate house and carriage house were built ca. 1910-1913 by Fairmont industrialist and financier, James E. Watson, son of the "father of the West Virginia coal industry," James O. Watson.
The Governor Joseph Johnson House, also known as Oakdale, is located on a half-acre lot that is bordered on the north by Johnson Avenue (named for the governor), on the west by Oakdale Avenue (named for the house), and on the south by Maple Street, in the town of Bridgeport, West Virginia.
Location of Harrison County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, West Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Bridgeport, West Virginia. Pages in category "People from Bridgeport, West Virginia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Bridgeport High School (BHS) is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in the city of Bridgeport, West Virginia, United States, in Harrison County. It operates as part of the county of the Harrison County School District. The current BHS building opened in 1969 and sits on the 21-acre (8.5 ha) campus.