Buckhannon-Upshur High School Buses; A Vintage Buckhannon Exclusive Presented by Mountaineer News

October 18, 2022

Mountaineer News

Vintage Buckhannon

This week, it's another TRIPLE-SHOT exclusive straight out of the Vintage Buckhannon Vault:

Photo 1:

B-UHS School Bus Drivers - 1949

This rare 1949 photo depicts the Buckhannon-Upshur High School Bus Drivers posing in front of an old school bus. No individual names were provided with the photograph, only the year.

Photo 2:

B-UHS Buses Lined Up along College Avenue - 1950

This rare photograph from 1950 depicts an after-school scene along College Avenue in front of the old Buckhannon-Upshur High School building (where Buckhannon Academy Elementary School now stands).

Photo 3:

Observing the Bus Line from inside B-UHS - 1949

This rare photograph depicts the school bus line captured from a level two window inside the old B-UHS building in 1949.

CLICK HERE or on the image above for the Vintage Buckhannon: A West Virginia Wesleyan College Exclusive featured on July 12, 2022.

A first-hand account of the Seminary Building fire is included with rare and exclusive photos - including an authentic Wesleyan University of West Virginia (W.V.W.U.) invitation to the June 5th, 1906 Alumni Day when the board of trustees permanently changed the institution's name to West Virginia Wesleyan College (W.V.W.C.) - and an eye-witness account of the fire.

If you haven't taken the virtual online tour inside the Upshur County Courthouse Clock Tower, you can watch the full feature now by following this link: INSIDE THE UPSHUR COUNTY COURTHOUSE CLOCK TOWER

CLICK HERE to watch a video about FDR's Filmmaker, Pare Lorentz... one of Buckhannon's own. Two of his documentaries are fully viewable here as well.

Revisit us here every Tuesday to see new additions as we continue to build this virtual online pictorial for our community featuring the landmarks and people of Upshur County's bygone days. Stay tuned... it's about to get interesting.

*Updated October 18, 2022 | Next Update - October 25, 2022