Founder and Chair of the Mr. Local History Project
Views: 3,389 This is a story about a widow, a General, and a War for Independence. For over a decade, I’ve been researching the story behind the 1776 capture of one of General Washington’s top generals, but I never really… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Widow White’s Tavern and Mary Jarvis Whitaker Brown White
Views: 3,743 It was a cold, winterish April afternoon at the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, as a very special guest came to tell his story about what has become a signature event in the history of the… Read More »Historic Moment at the Pluckemin Cantonment – Archeologist Finds His Mark
Views: 8,789 This story is part of a series I’ve been researching, as I rebuild my youthful memories growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos. As the series comes together, there is an associated Facebook Group called Lake Naomi Memories,… Read More »Memories Growing Up On Lake Naomi and Pocono Pines, PA
Views: 3,809 Nostalgic & Personal As a kid, summers at Lake Naomi were my whole world. That’s where I first learned to handle a Sunfish, skimming across the water with the wind in my sail. Just down the road was… Read More »Pocono Lake vs. Lake Naomi – Tale of Two Lake Communities & Religious History
Views: 4,454 Picture it: a warm afternoon on the water, a flash of colorful sail skimming across the waves. Chances are, it’s a Sunfish, the little boat that became a global phenomenon. By 1977, a year after OpSail in NYC… Read More »The Sunfish Sailboat – Fortune Magazine’s Top 25 Best Designed Products Until China Stepped In
Views: 3,348 While the summer is a beautiful time for recreation in the Poconos, the fall is IMHO the most beautiful time in the Poconos. No need to drive all the way to Vermont, you’ve got it right here in… Read More »What’s The Pocono Plateau- Visiting a Beautiful Ice Age Remnant
Views: 4,101 Don’t you just love getting a postcard? You know them… that picture you’d get in your mailbox from back in the days when getting one put a smile on your face. Welcome to my online postcard and photo… Read More »Pocono Postcard Collection – My 250+ Memories
Views: 27,007 Known as The Race of Gentlemen, the event has been revived since the 1950s by a local club called the Oilers of New Jersey. For one weekend in early October, racers, gassers, and fans gather on the beach… Read More »TROG – The Race of Gentlemen – Pure Jersey History Right in Front of Your Eyes
Views: 2,230 1930s: Bernards Plateau and the 60-acre Bernards Commons & Decker’s Park Community Project The Bernards Plateau was named for the broad upland just west of the Basking Ridge village center, located just across Route 287 today, an area… Read More »Bernards Plateau and the Bernards Commons Community – Every Home Faces a Shared Park
Views: 2,710 This series began as an effort to rebuild my youthful memories of growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos starting in the 1960s. As the stories came together, I wanted to start an online dialog with others… Read More »Lake Naomi’s KonTiki – Honoring the Club’s Race Committee and That Boat
Views: 3,246 Introduction In the mid-19th century, the Pocono Plateau was still a rugged wilderness, characterized by dense forests, hidden lakes, and scattered clearings carved out by loggers’ axes. It was here that Isaac Stauffer, born in 1834 near Wind… Read More »Meet The King of the Poconos- Isaac Stauffer
Views: 3,286 In the early 1900s, the quiet mountain community of Pocono Pines found its voice through the vision of Rev. Rufus W. Miller, a learned clergyman whose passion for education and spiritual fellowship reshaped the lakeside village. A genuine… Read More »Lake Naomi Icon – Rufus W. Miller, Assembly Visionary, Developer, Religious Icon
Views: 5,790 Step Back in Time at Memorytown USA Tucked away in the rolling hills of the Pocono Mountain region of Pennsylvania, Memorytown USA was once one of the most beloved family attractions in the Poconos. From the 1950s through… Read More »OMG – Memorytown USA in the 60s – Remembering the Mt.Pocono Icon
Views: 2,996 Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Lake Naomi gained popularity, attracting families, religious groups, and campers, including young girls who participated in summer programs that included sailing lessons. But it wasn’t until 1963 that the lake’s future truly changed.… Read More »Sailing Tropies History & Lake Naomi Club Sailing Association
Views: 4,933 The First Pocono Boathouse The story of the Pocono Boathouse retail establishment begins when, in 1965, Frank and Carolyn Betz built a chalet on the north side of Lake Naomi and opened a small but ambitious boating business… Read More »Pocono Boathouse History – A Lake Naomi Institution
