Honoring Black History Month with stories from the Somerset Hills.
Views: 12,222 In the News:What could the West African nation of Liberia possibly have to do with Basking Ridge, New Jersey? Liberia has recently returned to American headlines after agreeing to accept certain people deported from the United States who… Read More »Dr. Robert Finley, Founder of Basking Ridge’s Brick Academy, American Colonization Society, and Liberia Africa
Views: 353 Before the Millridge Swim Club existed, it was known as Reggie’s Playland Farm, and we found a strange real estate listing from 2002 that read: This story is part of the Mr. Local History Project’s New Jersey Swim… Read More »Millington’s Millridge Swim Club Bulldozed Back into the Great Swamp Landscape
Views: 1,884 Our story begins as we were researching another story tied to swim clubs in New Jersey’s Basking Ridge area, and we were preparing a story about Millington’s Clover Hill Swim Club. A fun story you can read later,… Read More »Reggie’s Playland & Farm: A Forgotten Jazz Club in Millington, NJ
Views: 1,090 EX-SLAVE DIES AT 110 YEARS OF AGE. Sold at one time for a yoke of oxen by his New Jersey OwnerBasking Ridge, July 16. 1901 Nathan Woodward, a colored man, familiarly known as “Uncle Nate,” died this morning… Read More »1901: Basking Ridge Former Slave Dies at 110
Views: 2,433 The Lamington Black Cemetery is an African American cemetery in the Lamington section of Bedminster Township, New Jersey, located on Cowperthwaite Road. It is also known as the Cowperthwaite African American Cemetery. The cemetery is a contributing property… Read More »Honoring Civil War Black Soldiers at the Lamington Black Cemetery
Views: 6,213 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 expand this piece as information becomes available. Mr. Local History… Read More »Honoring Black History Month in the Somerset Hills
Views: 5,257 BASKING RIDGE- JULY 21, 2022 – Robert and Estelle Terry, who once lived in Basking Ridge across the street from the Somerset Hills Airport, were honored today at the site of their former home for a ceremony to… Read More »Tuskegee Medal Presentation Writes Final Chapter
Views: 6,237 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: 16,462 After 76 years, Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Medals were Presented to the Family of Robert & Estelle Terry It took almost two years for Brooks Betz, historian and researcher, to prepare a story about Captain Robert and Estelle Terry,… Read More »Robert & Estelle Terry – Tuskegee Airmen and Basking Ridge Pilots
Views: 13,715 So we’re over at the Bedminster Farmers Market, and while meeting a few locals, one of the patrons mentioned, “Why don’t you research what’s going on over at the slave burial grounds in Bedminster. Here we are. We… Read More »A Unique Bedminster Cemetery-“God’s Acre”
