Views: 20,688 The Mr. Local History project’s mission is to promote and preserve local history with a social twist. Based in the Somerset Hills, an area in northern Somerset County, New Jersey, the project is an all-volunteer registered 501c3 non-profit… Read More »About Us – The Mr. Local History Project
Views: 6,423 As we’ve been focusing on preserving and promoting local history, out of left field comes one of my most humbling honors when the Bernards Township Committee on October 29, 2019 passed a resolution appointing him as the official… Read More »Bernards Township Appoints Mr. Local History as Official Historian
Views: 3,260 Join friends and family with the Mr. Local History families for an afternoon that will put you in the holiday spirit. It’s the 6th Annual Winter Market and Tree Lighting in the Basking Ridge village. The entire event… Read More »Family Fun and Tree Lighting Dec. 7
Views: 4,941 Be part of the Widow White’s Tavern limited edition run. Mr Local History is proud to announce the upcoming release of the 7th in the collectible series, the infamous 1776 Widow White’s Tavern in the village of Basking… Read More »Widow White’s Tavern 7th Wooden Historic Village Keepsake
Views: 2,272 Join the Mr. Local History gang as we venture out on our fist tour, the NYC Subway Underground Tour. Will be going in January 2020. Sign up and we’ll email you the date and time. Subscribe * indicates… Read More »Ghosts & The NYC Subway Underground
Views: 4,628 While searching the internet we found a few great books that showcases the history of the Somerset Hills and Somerset County, New Jersey from the early 1800’s. If you like local history, these two books really bring the… Read More »Somerset History – Two Historic Books
Views: 1,744 With great fanfare, the Mr. Local History announces that the Mr. Local History Project registered as a formal organization with 501(c)(3) non-profit status. While our mission hasn’t changed, the founding organizers have a few specific goals to share… Read More »Mr. Local History Registers as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit
Views: 15,090 The Mr. Local History Project congratulates the Far Hills Race on reaching its centennial in 2021. It is part of the fabric and history of this equestrian area of Somerset County, New Jersey. What’s in a name? Some call it… Read More »Far Hills Race Meeting is Real Social Jersey History
Views: 26,519 Nestled in the Catskill Mountains in the southern portion of New York State lies the historic Mohonk Mountain Resort, known to locals as the Mohonk Mountain House. The resort is anything but a house, and you can spend… Read More »Day Trip – Historic Mohonk Mountain “House”, New Paltz, New York
Views: 9,963 This is a continuation of the history of our earlier story For the better part of a decade, the Mr. Local History Project has been digging and investigating the history of one of the greatest events in the… Read More »The Essex Hunt and the Far Hills Race Meeting Timeline
Views: 3,786 We call this the “the Back to School Issue” The Mr. Local History project has been working hard to produce the next issue of our magazine that combines news, stories, and feature posts about the area’s local history… Read More »Mr. Local History Releases its Latest Online Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 3
Views: 8,510 So we’re over at the Bedminster Farmers Market and while meeting a few of the locals, one of the patrons mentioned “why don’t you research what’s going on over at the slave burial grounds in Bedminster. Here we… Read More »A Unique Bedminster Cemetery-“God’s Acre”
Views: 2,876 So we’re traveling for work in Toronto, Ontario and a colleague looks over and asks “Hey have you taken an Uber around town yet. While we have, we didn’t understand what he was talking about next. He stated… Read More »POLL: Ride Share – Front or Back Seat?
Views: 14,649 Liberty Corner’s Most Famous Resident? Might Be Zippy the Pinhead. Cartoonist Bill Griffith’s comic strip “Zippy the Pinhead” was inspired by Liberty Corner’s William Henry “Zip” Johnson, a local resident born in 1842. Known as the son of… Read More »Liberty Corner had the REAL Zip the Pinhead – Yow!
Views: 12,699 The Patriot of Liberty Corner “Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin. “Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.” Thomas Jefferson Welcome to Irwin… Read More »The Life of Irwin Richardt