Bridgeport Postal Service 1949 from an undated newspaper clipping probably from the Bridgeport Leader 1949 Boyce – Cooper Named Carriers...

Obviously the postcards IN THE SLIDE SHOW BELOW pre-date the description written in a 1912 Souvenir Booklet of the City of Bridgeport. "...

Even though the postcard below states that it is the Bridgeport Pavilion, we think the above dedication refers to the brick building at...

With a water works system practically completed, but the pressure not as yet turned on, a fire broke out in the business section of...

Members of the Bridgeport American Legion in the early 1950s. John Cassil is holding the flag on the left, and Robert Walsh is "third on...

From the Library of Congress “The Sanborn Map Collection consists of a uniform series of large-scale maps, dating from 1867 to the...

The first railway charter granted by the Illinois General Assembly was to the Chicago and Vincennes Railroad in 1835. The demand for...

Bridgeport News in the Rural Republican December 28, 1883 Several family reunions took place on Christmas. Only twenty-six Schmalhausen’s...

On January 27, 1958, the Daily Record reported an accident had occurred in front of the Frosted Mug Drive-In just east of Bridgeport on...

January 10, 1879 Rural Republican Around and About by the Editor: Cold weather. Beautiful snow. Wild game is plentiful and cheap....