Bedminster History Quiz – Are you a True Local?

Views: 5,124 As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our community. We will continue to expand this… Read More »Retrospective: Lost & Torn Down Memories From the Somerset…

Views: 1,056 The “Lyons (France) of New Jersey” Then came industry. In July 1910 the Bernardsville News ran a whimsical headline: “The Lyons of New Jersey.” The article announced the… Read More »The Lost Lake Beneath the Hills: The Forgotten Silk…

Views: 3,338 Want a quick way to search for articles about the history of one of the towns we love to cover?The Mr. Local History Project has created a few… Read More »Quicklinks – Tracking History From Selected Jersey Towns

Views: 17,007 Sister Towns in New Jersey and England Share a Common Bond – and a Name How fun was it when our friends across the pond contacted us, inquiring… Read More »The Tale of Two Bedminsters

Views: 396 The wind that swept across the Somerset Hills in the bitter winter of 1779 carried more than snow and smoke. It carried the sound of hammers striking timber,… Read More »The Stolen Lillie Drawing of Pluckemin Artillery Park

The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, is celebrating Colonial Christmas, an annual fundraiser event that combines history, tourism, tradition, and Christmas spirit. It offers an array of activities including music, reenactments, crafts, and holiday shopping.

Views: 1,057 “Pluck-em-in” and America 250 – Perfect Together. Get to know this Great American History Story Pluckemin, New Jersey, pronounced “PLUCK um in“, carries three enduring name stories. Some… Read More »America 250: The Pluckemin Series – Now Go Tell…

Views: 708 With America’s 250th anniversary just around the corner, there’s no better time to recognize great American history about what we’ve coined “The Greatest Story Never Told” about the… Read More »Share Bedminster Cantonment History With A Pocket Park –…

Views: 2,238 In the mid-1930s, after the Schley Field opened for Glider Competitions, the glider game changed. However, there was a glider field just east in the same town, which… Read More »Gliders Soar at Historic Schley Field in Liberty Corner,…

Views: 1,771 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… Read More »Historic Moment at the Pluckemin Cantonment – Archeologist Finds…

Views: 1,458 In the early 1700s, German Lutherans settled around Pluckemin and established one of the region’s first congregations. By 1715, they had built a small log church on what… Read More »The Hills Church & Cemetery & Pluckemin’s Pigtail Mountain

Views: 9,938 July is National Ice Cream Month, so it’s time for Mr. Local History’s look back at the history, the good fun (and some “good humor”). The first official… Read More »Ice Cream History around the Somerset Hills

Views: 11,576 Distilling in Central New Jersey New Jersey has a deep history of distilling spirits that goes back to colonial times. The Somerset Hills is an area in central… Read More »New Jersey Hills are Alive with Distilling History

Views: 17,554 2025 Suggestions? Drop Us a Note We dare to compare! Bedminster, Bernardsville, Basking Ridge, Far Hills, Peapack/Gladstone, also known as The Somerset Hills. It’s time for a real… Read More »The Besties – The Best of the Best in…

Views: 775 UPDATE:The Mr. Local History Project Research Team is seeking Bedminster historians with whom we can collaborate. If you know of someone who has a deep knowledge of Bedminster,… Read More »Meet the Historians Series – Bedminster Township’s Dutzie Robbie

Views: 3,117 Research Update:Are the Boylans and the Bullions the same family in Liberty Corner? Before Liberty Corner was Liberty Corner, it was Annins Corner AND we also found it… Read More »The Boylans American Journey to Build Liberty Corner, Pluckemin…

Views: 4,680 October 11, 2025While on a dual-purpose visit to Bedminster, MLHP stopped by to see the 2025 Bedminster Fall Fest and the 2025 Somerset County History Weekend, a county-wide… Read More »UPDATE: Evicted – Non-Profit Friends of Vanderveer House Vacate…

Views: 2,030 United States Equestrian Team Foundation Headquarters Hamilton Farm – Gladstone, New Jersey You must thank James Cox Brady of Bedminster, Peapack, the Wall Street Financier, for his vision… Read More »Grand History of the US Equestrian Team Foundation in…

Views: 14,619 The MLH Project is proud to be the exclusive reseller of the New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Collection, created by the world-famous Cat’s Meow Village. Made in the… Read More »The Exclusive New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Keepsake Collection

Views: 5,531 Presidents #22 and #24 and Now #45 and #47 – Only Two Presidents to Serve Non-Consecutive Terms. Here’s how four presidential elections went down. Grover Cleveland, a Democrat,… Read More »Non-Consecutive Term Presidents: Jersey’s Grover Cleveland and Now Donald…

Views: 1,012 We have been told a terrible rumor. Is it true? Do some people bring out their Jersey Cat’s Meow collectibles only for the holidays? Read on…. Yes, we… Read More »Who Brings Their Jersey Village Collectibles out Just for…

Views: 3,284 The Mr. Local History project has been researching and working with the public to create the most complete list of lost businesses in the Somerset Hills in northern… Read More »Businesses Lost In Somerset Hills, New Jersey this Past…

Views: 177,762 In a sleepy equestrian area in the Somerset Hills of central New Jersey, the former President of the United States still comes to summer at a house with… Read More »President Trump’s Historic Summer White House in Bedminster, New…

Views: 4,481 Often, Mr. Local History doesn’t search for stories as those stories find us. Case in point is this weird little story about a man who comes to America… Read More »Remembering Willie Howard and Bedminster’s Willie’s Tavern

Views: 4,659 NOTE: As with many Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our community. We will continue to… Read More »Honoring Black History Month in the Somerset Hills

Views: 12,678 Bedminster, New Jersey is situated just 45 miles west of New York City but you are right int the middle of one of the most populated equine areas… Read More »Bedminster Has A Tavern Serving Over 200 years of…

Views: 9,227 Snow is an interesting thing. Some love it. Some hate it. But when there’s a major storm in the area, there’s the battle between getting a snow day… Read More »Snowstorms and Sledding in Somerset County New Jersey

Views: 5,542 T’is the season for engagements right? So why not share some of the most historic wedding venues in the Somerset Hills. Many people have written over the years… Read More »Holiday Engagement? Historic Wedding Venues in Central New Jersey

Views: 7,060 The Mr. Local History Project took a moment out to answer a very simple set of questions, of which we’ve learned many people just didn’t know the correct… Read More »Most People Don’t Know The Meaning Behind These Town…

Views: 7,631 National Award-Winning Landscape Architect Lives and Breathes History with His Map Creations. The Mr. Local History Project introduces you to a dear friend and history connoisseur who has… Read More »Somerset Hills Cartographer John Smith Maps Local History

Views: 24,692 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… Read More »Bedminster History – Look To the Old Mellick Farmhouses

Views: 5,202 The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of New Jersey’s historic resources of local, state, and national interest. Created by the New Jersey Register… Read More »Why List a Historic District on the New Jersey…

Views: 15,850 #45-47summerwhitehouse Preserving Bedminster’s History – The Mr. Local History Project (MLH) has been preserving and promoting local history since our non-profit organization was established in 2019. The all-volunteer… Read More »Collectible: Preserving Bedminster’s History with a Special Keepsake –…