Founder and Chair of the Mr. Local History Project
Views: 746 Cranford High School – Cranford, New Jersey 1st Editon – Cranford High School – Cranford, New Jersey Established in 1902, Cranford’s first High School in Cranford, New Jersey, began as a four-year institution at Grant School on the… Read More »Honoring Cranford High School’s History
Views: 479 People keep asking us why a non-profit is dedicated to researching New Jersey history and building food maps. The short answer is that history has what we call threads. We start researching one thing, which leads to another.… Read More »Finding New Jersey’s Giant Pizzas
Views: 595 PREVIEW RELEASE:Our researchers continue to work with this story as there are several conflicting points of view we want to continue researching. We will update over the next few weeks, but we wanted to let people see this… Read More »Newark New Jersey’s Incredible Velodrome and Motordrome Racing Venues
Views: 6,843 UPDATE:Our artist rendering of the Cranford Hotel is complete and the wood is being cut as we speak. History is on the back. We’re so excited to pick up where the Cranford Green Thumb Garden Club left off.… Read More »History: The Cranford Hotel That’s NOT a Hotel
Views: 980 This is a tale about auto racing legends of the early 1920s, known as daredevils and speed freaks, who traveled to a tiny new track built outside New York City in the small town of Woodbridge, New Jersey.… Read More »1928 – Woodbridge Speedway – World’s Fastest 1/2 Mile Track
Views: 1,186 The year is 1926. Welcome to the “Board Bowl,” which had 80,000 fans and was one of the world’s greatest motorsport spectacles—and it was right here in New Jersey! It’s funny how history weaves in and out of… Read More »1926: Atlantic City Opened One of the Greatest Speedways in the World
Views: 556 In 1977, Waterloo Village opened an open-air concert field about a mile down the road from the historic village to raise restoration funds. Actually, in Byram Township, New Jersey, locals remember (and I grew up at the perfect… Read More »Remebering the Waterloo Village Concert Series
Views: 742 Anyone who’s visited Wildwood, New Jersey, knows it’s the Garden State’s greatest no-fee widest beach. Situated alongside the beach is the grand boardwalk with rides, a tramcar, great pizza, Khor’s custard, and yes, some of the best fudge… Read More »Wildwood History: Boardwalk, Beach, and the Doowop Universe
Views: 11,705 MORE HUGE JARED NEWS: December 4, 2024 – It was just announced that President-Elect Donald J. Trump has tagged Jared Isaacman to head NASA. Read more….. HUGE UPDATE: September 12, 2024—Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman conducted the first private… Read More »Jersey’s Jared Isaacman – Ridge High School Dropout Who Went to Outer Space (AGAIN) Now Tagged to Lead NASA
Views: 993 The Westfield (NJ) Historical Society presented ‘My Recollections of Westfield, ‘ or, as I transcribed it, Frank Betz’s recollections of his childhood thoughts while growing up in the mid-1900s in Westfield, New Jersey. The Betz family came to Westfield in… Read More »Egypt Hill, Brown’s Pond and The Great Loves of My Childhood in Westfield, New Jersey
Views: 6,548 Basking Ridge, New Jersey UPDATE: Back in 2010, we posted this story on another website. Then, we said people needed to see this story about this man as he was seen again. It is a classic American tale… Read More »The American Flagman Honors Patriotism Everyday
Views: 1,289 Yes, it’s true. While motorsports history has been very kind to the Daytona and Ormond Beaches in Florida, historians often overlook when Cape May, New Jersey, rivaled Flordia for the title of the beach racing capital of the… Read More »1905 – New Jersey Automobile Beach Racing Rivaled Florida’s Daytona Beach
Views: 1,230 Wildwood, New Jersey, drew summer tourists seeking respite from the Great Depression. Among the attractions on the boardwalk was the “Motordrome Wall of Death,” featuring motorcycles and race cars whirling around a wooden bowl-like enclosure. But the real… Read More »Wildwood’s Motorcycle Wall of Death is Back in New Jersey
Views: 439 As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, updates are made to this post when we learn additional information. We will continue to expand this post as information becomes available and our readers suggest additions. Mr. Local History Research Team… Read More »Retrospective: Games We Remember our Parents Played
Views: 7,073 The Peapack Ski Tow was One of the First Ski Businesses in New Jersey At one time, New Jerseyans had their pick of a dozen or so smaller hills where beginners could get a feel for the sport… Read More »Peapack Ski Tow and Ski Areas Lost in New Jersey