Ongoing historical research on a variety of topics.
Views: 2,3812021 Holiday MLH Magazine Mr. Local History Online Magazine – a free magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey. Our Holiday 2021 cover photo honors the beauty of the holidays in New Jersey. Pictured here… Read More »Mr. Local History 2021 Holiday Vol 3. Issue 4
Views: 11,057National 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 taken cartography to a whole new level, overlaying history onto mapmaking… Read More »Somerset Hills Cartographer John Smith Maps Local History
Views: 3,594Join Bernardsville and Basking Ridge as they kick off the holiday season with our Mr. Local History Holiday cards representing the best of the season for the villages of Bernardsville and Basking Ridge. Designed by our local Liberty Corner… Read More »Holiday Greeting Cards are all about Local
Views: 10,216One of the best memories growing up in Westfield, New Jersey, was winter skating on an iconic pond that sat adjacent to the Municipal Building just east of the town center. What is now a distant memory, this post… Read More »Winter as a Kid on Westfield’s Mindowaskin Pond
Views: 11,005Memories Skating on the Rahway River in Cranford, New Jersey Or as I like to say, “Memories from the Frozen Venice of New Jersey.” Retrospective: As a writer for New Jersey’s Mr. Local History Project, I recently wrote about… Read More »Winter as a Kid on Cranford’s Rahway River
Views: 17,564Believe it or not, the dead are alive in central New Jersey, especially in northern Somerset County. The question is not whether they are real or not, but whether they are disturbing or friendly. As we share, the Mr.… Read More »10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey
Views: 8,2302021 – Fall MLH Magazine Mr. Local History Magazine’s Fall 2021 Edition – a free magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey. Our Fall 2021 cover photo honors the history of the Far Hills Race… Read More »Mr. Local History 2021 Fall Magazine Vol 3. Issue 3
Views: 59,578While watching an old Man vs. Food Nation episode, food critic and comedian Adam Richman showed some awesome sandwiches from Jersey. Adam got us thinking: What sandwiches define New Jersey? We’ve asked the public for their advice and hit… Read More »Sandwiches Invented in New Jersey
Views: 5,014The Mr. Local History project often digs into multiple archives looking for evidence of the areas collective past. But this one got us scratching our heads. There is no doubt that Bernards Township is named after Sir Francis Bernard.… Read More »Is it Bernard or Bernards? Hummm
Views: 11,013Nothing goes better than a fun Jersey day trip to an iconic town that starts the Jersey shore and gives you so many fun choices to fill with food and history. The Mr. Local History introduces you to Keyport,… Read More »Keyport Day Trip – History and Food Road Trip
Views: 28,321If you live in the Somerset Hills area around Bedminster and Tewksbury, you’ve probably heard the name Mellick. The Mellick name goes back to one of the founding family names in the area. In fact, the name Mellick has… Read More »Bedminster History – Look To the Old Mellick Farmhouses
Views: 10,450Bernards Township has an impressive history that dates back to the early 1600s. The Mr. Local History Project started investigating the origins of the Bernards Township official flag. Let’s see what we’ve found. Bernards Township Flag Design A flag… Read More »History of The Official Bernards Township Flag
Views: 2,175Mr. Local History Online Magazine – a free magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey. Summer 2021 Volume 3 Issue 2 Mr-Local-History-Magazine-Vol-3-Issue-2-Summer Subscribe For Mr. Local History Updates and our Magazine * indicates required Email… Read More »Mr. Local History Releases 2021 Summer Edition Vol 3. Issue 2
Views: 3,762Order now to show pride in the Jerseyans who signed the Declaration of Independence. Back for The Fourth of July Season Order via our Wear Local History Collection – CLICK HERE Also, Check out our “Wear Local Jersey History”… Read More »T-SHIRT OFFER: Jersey Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Views: 7,259The 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 of Historic Places Act of 1970 (N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.128 et seq.) The… Read More »Why List a Historic District on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places?
