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Views: 7,169 The Mr. Local History Project is looking for any artists to interpret our local history boards to create memorable images of local history for the Somerset Hills communities of Bernardsville, Bernards Township, Bedminster, Peapack and Gladstone. We are… Read More »Art and History – Looking for Artists To Interpret History with Art
Views: 21,708 If you live in the Somerset Hills area around Bedminster and Tewksbury you hopefully have heard the name Mellick. The Mellick name goes back to one of the founding family names in the area. In fact, the name… Read More »Bedminster History – Look To the Old Mellick Farmhouses
Views: 5,399 Take part with neighbors and community members in the Somerset Hills and share a photo to our community collage. During this time of unprecedented history everyone recognizes that being safe means social distancing. But that can’t stop us… Read More »Historic Community Collage – Share a Photo To Help Document These Difficult Times.
Views: 16,566 UPDATE: – The Mr. Local History Project is SOOOO excited to introduce the expansion of our Historic New Jersey Historic Cat’s Meow Village, the Natirar Estate in Peapack and Far Hills, New Jersey. Only a limited number will… Read More »The Gilded Age: Natirar Estate in Peapack/Far Hills, New Jersey
Views: 4,350 As a former township historian in this area, I learned that everyone has a point of view on what changed the area over the years. No matter who you talk to, you typically hear that the area is… Read More »Population Trends in the Somerset Hills
Views: 8,819 Lord Stirling, Rev War Buildings, First Airmail, Tuskegee Airmen, the VA, a proposed Super Airport and more historic moments tie back to this small strip of land in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. If you were driving around the… Read More »The Lost Somerset Hills Airport in Basking Ridge
Views: 8,217 Tucked behind the bucolic town center in the boro of Bernardsville, New Jersey lies one of the best kept historic secrets in the state, the Somerset Hills County Club. Actually a golf and tennis club as well, the… Read More »Historic Profile: Somerset Hills Country Club
Views: 2,805 Support Local History by getting #JUSTONEITEM. It makes a huge difference! The Mr. Local History Project is a 100% all volunteer effort. We’re also a federally and state recognized 501c3 non-profit organization. Our fundraising has taken a serious… Read More »Shop for a Cause