A history of Bridgeport,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Bridgeport from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Trapper and fur trader John Simpson entered the area in 1764 and gave his name to Simpson Creek. Bridgeport was first settled between 1771 and 1774, when settlers constructed a fort. Simpson Creek Baptist Church was one of the first churches west of the Allegheny Mountains.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Bridgeport’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBARREL SHOT LOOKING NORTH ACROSS …, 1968: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Bridgeport
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Bridgeport, decade by decade
CommonsBARREL SHOT LOOKING NORTH ACROSS BRIDGE. - Bridgeport Lamp …1968
CommonsBridgeport Lamp Chimney Company, Simpson Creek Bridge, Span…1968
CommonsBridgeport Lamp Chimney Company, Simpson Creek Bridge, Span…1968
CommonsBridgeport Lamp Chimney Company, Simpson Creek Bridge, Span…1968
CommonsBridgeport Lamp Chimney Company, Simpson Creek Bridge, Span…1968
CommonsDETAIL VIEW SHOWING EXPOSED REINFORCING BARS. - Bridgeport …19681990s
3 historic places in Bridgeport
3 places in Bridgeport are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1987Governor Joseph Johnson HouseListed 1981Simpson Creek Covered BridgeListed 1997Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch BridgeThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as BARREL SHOT LOOKING NORTH ACROSS BRIDGE. - Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company, Simpson Creek Bridge, Spanning Simpson Cree… (1968) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.