Ongoing historical research on a variety of topics.
Views: 3,061With great fanfare, the Mr. Local History announces that the Mr. Local History Project registered as a formal organization with 501(c)(3) non-profit status. While our mission hasn’t changed, the founding organizers have a few specific goals to share as… Read More »Mr. Local History Registers as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit
Views: 18,506This is a continuation of the history of our earlier story (See Below) Imagine a sleepy little Somerset Hills Borough transforming overnight into one of New Jersey’s largest gatherings. Every October, that’s exactly what happens in Far Hills, when… Read More »The Essex Hunt and the Far Hills Race Meeting’s Historic Timeline & Results
Views: 14,318So 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 love… Read More »A Unique Bedminster Cemetery-“God’s Acre”
Views: 9,242Why We Celebrate Bernards Township Charter Day The first Charter Day street fair celebration in Bernards Township was held on Saturday, May 20, 1995. The event started at 10 AM and lasted till 4 PM. Charter Day commemorates the … Read More »The History Behind Bernards Township Charter Day & That Charter
Views: 36,727Peapack, New Jersey’s Blairsden Estate of Clinton Ledyard Blair Peapack/Gladstone, New Jersey Submitted: Brooks Betz & W. Barry Thomson Blairsden History Of all the requests we receive at Mr. Local History, none match the sheer volume we receive every… Read More »The Gilded Age: The Blairsden Estate May Be the Finest Example
Views: 28,236Liberty Corner’s Most Famous Resident? In a quiet little rural village in New Jersey that’s known more for Memorial Day parades and quiet strolls up and down Church Street, there’s this little secret about a man who became a… Read More »Liberty Corner had the REAL Zip the Pinhead – Yow!
Views: 3,456Mr. Local History is proud to announce, after years of thought, that they will be producing a very limited run of a keepsake honoring the lost Jolly Trolley restaurant and Westfield Fire Department. The special commission will be produced… Read More »Westfield’s Icon Jolly Trolley Enshrined in NJ Historic Wooden Village
Views: 15,889Tucked in the northern section of Somerset County, New Jersey, the Somerset Hills area has a rich history that Mr. Local History is proud to document. We researched each property before submitting documentation to the State Historic Register. If… Read More »Somerset Hills Historic Sites on the National & State Registers
Views: 17,031Before America declared its independence, before George Washington’s Army endured the bitter winter at Jockey Hollow, and long before Route 202 became a familiar Somerset Hills thoroughfare, a small grist mill and barn stood along the Passaic River in… Read More »Historic Grain House in Bernards Township: 250+ Years and Still Going
Views: 2,987Throwback post – If you live in Bernards Township, New Jersey, for the 250th Anniversary back in 2010 Bernards Township adopted the Flower Drift Daffodil as the 250th Anniversary Daffodil for their 250th anniversary! Show your support by planting… Read More »Spring Planting – Keep the History Going
Views: 9,243Exclusively Sold by the Mr. Local History Project. Order yours online now. Mr Local History is proud to announce the release of the 6th in the collectible series, the 1912 Samuel Owen home now known as the Astor Estate… Read More »1912 Astor Estate in Basking Ridge Selected as 6th Wooden Historic Village Keepsake
Views: 7,075UPDATE:Sadly, Google stopped supporting its 3D virtual tour technology and we lost our virtual tour.We’ll look for a new solution and share when we have something fun to share. In the meantime, please leverage our virtual map below. Related… Read More »Virtual Tour of Historic Basking Ridge Village
Views: 2,381Our mantra is simple. Today we coin the phrase and hashtag that “Today is Tomorrow’s History” or #todayistomorrowshistory. Just wanted to get that out there.
Views: 10,788 2019 – Honoring New Jersey’s Bernards Township Police Department’s 100th Anniversary. 50 Photos in Less Than 6 Minutes On April 10, 2019, the Bernards Township Police Department celebrated 100 years serving the local community. From their beginning as… Read More »Bernards Township Police Department Celebrates 100 Years of Service
Views: 16,495Before I begin this post, I must say that this topic was one of my favorites, along with June Kennedy, our Basking Ridge Town historian who passed away in November 2018. We often challenged each other to dig into… Read More »The History of Bernards Township Street Names
