Ongoing historical research on a variety of topics.
Views: 7,650Wildwood, New Jersey, drew summer tourists seeking respite from the Great Depression. Among the attractions on the boardwalk was the “Motordrome Wall of Death,” featuring motorcycles and race cars whirling around a wooden bowl-like enclosure. But the real spectacle… Read More »Wildwood’s Motorcycle Wall of Death is Back in New Jersey
Views: 5,979You can learn a great deal of history by visiting a cemetery. NOTE: A quick reminder: Warren was part of Bernards Township until the 19th century, while Far Hills and Bernardsville were still part of Bernards Township up until… Read More »Basking Ridge Evergreen Cemetery is a Living History Lesson
Views: 4,239As a recent subscriber to Ancestry.com the first thing everyone does is they create a family tree. After you’ve added your basic living and deceased family members and started your frame, you are now a slave to what Ancestry… Read More »Ancestry Comes Up Short on Analytics
Views: 3,122Vol.5 Issue 3 – Fall 2023The fall is one of our favorite seasons in New Jersey as the kids go back to school, the warm days follow crisp nights, and the leaves begin to change. Mr Local History Fall… Read More »Mr. Local History 2023 Fall Back to School Magazine Vol 5. Issue 3
Views: 5,836If you live in Bernards Township, New Jersey, the Mr. Local History Project has written a few stories about the founding families of Basking Ridge for new residents to learn the history of the early Scottish and Dutch settlers… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Genealogist and Historian Gets Digitized
Views: 10,147 Wouldn’t it be great you could gather a bunch of locals from the area to tell stories of how it used to be in the area? Maybe you grew up here? Whether you’re a teller or a listener,… Read More »Elder Voices Roundtable is BACK
Views: 25,792It’s revered. It originates in Central and South America, dating back to the 1500s, and originated in the region now modern-day Mexico. Indigenous peoples in Central and South America, such as the Aztecs and Incas, were cultivating and consuming… Read More »History of the Jersey Tomato
Views: 5,012We love Somerset County, New Jersey history. We love it so much, we made it our home. The Mr. Local History Project is committed to preserving and promoting local history in Somerset County. Please search our site using the… Read More »Experience Historic Somerset County, New Jersey
Views: 16,375 Our retrospective begins just after Prohibition, when a chicken ranch became Warren’s Schwaebische Alb restaurant, which opened in 1935 at 142 Washington Valley Road in Warren Township, New Jersey. This retrospective takes you back to the Schwaebische Alb’s beginnings and… Read More »Remembering Warren’s Schwäbische Alb – a Jersey Oktoberfest Institution
Views: 12,411Middlebrook is a know area in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater, Somerset County, New Jersey. We call it “Jersey’s Gift to America.” New Jersey is known as the “cockpit of the American Revolution.” More battles were fought in New… Read More »Rev War in Somerset County Means Middlebrook
Views: 11,091Wow, this story was one of our most controversial and difficult stories we’ve ever prepared. Just the thought of picking only 10 Jersey historic sites is an insane task. But I think we’re up to it. The 10 most… Read More »Jersey’s History Bucket List
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Views: 12,096Cemeteries showcase some of history’s greatest reminders of where we came from. Many people new to the area are unaware of the local history until you trace it back to some of the originating families that chose this area… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Oldest Cemetery
Views: 10,737They came from all over Jersey to the sleepy section of West Millington in Bernards Township for some of the freshest farm goods anyone could get anywhere. Once a quiet enclave a few miles north of Rt. 22 would… Read More »Remembering Dewy Meadow Farm and Those Chicken Pot Pies
Views: 10,450There are lots of Warrens in New Jersey. We are happy to announce that the Mr. Local History Project has started covering the Somerset County township. Going way back to the 1600s, honoring Warren for his service to our… Read More »Mapping Historic Icons in Warren Township, New Jersey
