History · Weston
A history of Weston,
since 1818
Postcards, papers and photographs of Weston from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
1818established
6old images & papers
0recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Weston was founded in 1818 as Preston; the name was changed to Fleshersville soon after, and then to Weston in 1819. The city was incorporated in 1846.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1818Established
1890s2 items · Rev. William Hullihen BurkhardtCommons
1900s4 items · Weston, West Virginia 1900Commons
1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Weston’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 viewRev. William Hullihen Burkhardt, 1892: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Weston
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By decade
Weston, decade by decade
1890s2 items
1900s4 items
1910s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Rev. William Hullihen Burkhardt (1892) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.