History

Retrospective: Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ Time in Bernardsville & Peapack, New Jersey

NOTE: As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent…

5 years ago

Mr. Local History Releases Summer Magazine Vol.2 Issue 3 – The Covid-19 Issue

Who would have ever imagined that between our Spring and Summer issues that the world would change. The historic Covid-19…

5 years ago

Historic Community Collage – Share a Photo To Help Document These Difficult Times.

Take part with neighbors and community members in the Somerset Hills and share a photo to our community collage. During…

5 years ago

The Iconic Kiwanis Fair in Basking Ridge – Did you go? Be part of the Story

Be part of the story! The Mr. Local History Project is looking for anyone with stories and photos they'd like…

5 years ago

Bernardsville Honors Local Military

The borough of Bernardsville, New Jersey, in conjunction with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Memorial Post 7858 and Downtown…

5 years ago

The Lost Somerset Hills Airport in Basking Ridge

Lord Stirling, Rev War Buildings, First Airmail, Tuskegee Airmen, the VA, a proposed Super Airport and more historic moments tie…

5 years ago

The Gilded Age: Natirar Estate in Peapack/Far Hills, New Jersey

UPDATE: The Mr. Local History Project is SOOOO excited to introduce the expansion of our Historic New Jersey Historic Cat's…

5 years ago

Historic Profile: Somerset Hills Country Club

Tucked behind the bucolic town center in the boro of Bernardsville, New Jersey lies one of the best kept historic…

5 years ago

The Founding Families of Bernards Township (Basking Ridge)

NOTE: Remember that Far Hills and Bernardsville were part of Bernards Township until the 1920 so these names do cover…

5 years ago

Mr. Local History Releases Spring Magazine Vol.2 Issue 2

With Spring in the air and everyone now told to stay inside, we present our digital Mr. Local History Magazine.…

5 years ago

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