Founder and Chair of the Mr. Local History Project
Views: 13,778 Year-Round Brewing – Oktoberfest Like Atmospheres – Perfect Together! Craft brewing and distilling are alive and well in Somerset County. With a rich history dating back to before the Revolutionary War, spirits and brewing in Jersey are a… Read More »Oktoberfest Year Round – Distilling and Brewing in Somerset County- Ah the History
Views: 3,319 The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Village has decreed another Jersey icon be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection recently in a bold move to expand the only set of New Jersey collectible icons. Produced… Read More »Lucy the Elephant Added to NJ Village Collection
Views: 1,783 The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Village has decreed two icons be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection recently in a bold move to expand the only set of New Jersey collectible icons. Produced in… Read More »Ford Mansion Added to NJ Village Collection
Views: 20,778 Isn’t it great when you think you know about something only to find out that someone else has shown up with a different answer? Well, I hate to admit it, but I think it’s been done to us… Read More »THE First American Flag and Middlebrook, New Jersey
Views: 4,888 It took a bit, but the book on the 175-year history of the Annin Flag Company has finally made it to the Bernards Library. And what more appropriate day to present the collectible book than on Flag Day,… Read More »Annin Centennial History Book Donated to Bernards Library
Views: 12,923 The New Jersey White Diamond chain served slider smash burgers as far back as the 1930s… As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our… Read More »The White Diamond Chain – New Jersey Burger Royalty
Views: 6,307 This Memorial Day, Bernards Township has a new monument honoring veterans and residents Robert & Estelle Terry for their Tuskegee Airmen efforts. A granite slab with a bronze plaque, alongside two banners of Captain Robert Terry and his… Read More »Monument Honors Robert & Estelle Terry’s Tuskegee Airmen Efforts
Views: 11,158 Many people know of the 1951 Shot Heard Round the World by Bobby Thomson. No other play-by-play call in baseball history has ever come close to raising the hairs on the back of your neck like that call.… Read More »Baseball’s Bobby Thomson’s 1951 ‘Shot Heard Round the World’ was a Jersey Guy
Views: 5,330 A GREAT LOCAL TOUR! The tour shares the history of the architecture at specific locations as you walk the streets of historic Basking Ridge. Listen as your costumed tour guide and resident add color to the tour about… Read More »Archive: Historic Basking Ridge Village Walking Tour Scholarship Fundraiser
Views: 8,264 It’s been discussed over the years in hushed circles at Brush’s Deli. It has been described as a racing playground, a car junkyard, and a kids’ playground over the decades. Now it’s time to tell what happened to… Read More »That Historic Sand Pit in Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Views: 10,779 New Jersey has a rich history, way before the founding of the country. As one of the original 13 colonies, New Jersey has often been called the “Cockpit of the American Revolution” due to the numerous events that… Read More »A Real Liberty Pole in Liberty Corner, New Jersey
Views: 6,545 Retrospective: As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our internet community. We will continue to grow this piece as information becomes available. If you have… Read More »Retrospective: The Vote That Killed the Basking Ridge Historic District
Views: 4,095 What better way to share New Jersey’s local history than with games? To create a fun and engaging teaching method, the Mr. Local History Project offers a variety of interactive puzzles and games for kids and adults. Look… Read More »MLH Games & Puzzles Share Local History
Views: 2,557 For your consideration…… Late December and early January are great times to reflect on the year passed and stories that presented themselves. The Mr. Local History Project looks back at the top 10 stories uncovered for 2021 based… Read More »2021 Year In Review – Mr. Local History’s Top 10 Stories
Views: 28,159 The Mr. Local History Project (MLH) has been preserving and promoting Jersey’s local history since the nonprofit was established in 2019. For this piece, we are on a mission to create the definitive online history of Krug’s Tavern,… Read More »Deep Dive: Krug’s Tavern – Preserving Newark’s History
