Ongoing historical research on a variety of topics.
Views: 2,411A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. No exclusive subscription required. For 1 day only, ordinary passengers were invited aboard the legendary Millionaires Express, the famed Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad club car that once carried the wealthy residents of Bernardsville Mountain and… Read More »Taking a Ride on the Millionaires Express Train 100 Years Later
Views: 5,761RAIN or SHINE – EVERY July 4th at 10:30 am – Join friends and family on Independence Day as the Washington Camp Ground Association honors the American flag, the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, and the reading of… Read More »New Jersey’s Gift to America’s 250th – A July 4th Celebration You Must Experience
Views: 2,593UPDATE: Yes, it happened. A NEW flagpole replaced the old, nasty, rusted version, and it finally happened on July 10, 2026. While America’s 250th birthday is underway, the Basking Ridge town green is about to get a major upgrade.… Read More »Basking Ridge Town Green – The Town’s Smallest Park History & a New Flagpole
Views: 2,525Our first comment needs to be “NO, THIS IS NOT AN AI-GENERATED IMAGE.” At first glance, I honestly thought someone had listed Bernards Township’s Town Hall for sale. For a moment, it looked uncannily like the old Astor Estate… Read More »Was Basking Ridge’s Town Hall Abandonded?
Views: 1,920Railroads did more than move people and freight. They shaped towns, determined where businesses grew, and influenced where people chose to live. Across New Jersey and throughout the Northeast, the arrival of the railroad in the nineteenth century transformed… Read More »Railroad and Train History Series – Mr Local History Project
Views: 557While researching the rich history of the West Line to Bernardsville, New Jersey, here are just some of the images from the series, gathered from various sources, to share as an online local photo collection that spans from the… Read More »Railroad Photo Collection – The West Line of Central New Jersey
Views: 3,040NEWSFLASH:June 12, 2026 – Ristorante MV now owns the building known to locals as the Old Stone Hotel, which they’ve been renting. Now that’s an event. Congratulations It’s really fun when you get the chance to document an establishment’s… Read More »Bernardsville’s Historic Old Stone Tavern & Hotel – Destination Brings a Whole Bunch of History
Views: 2,283Did you see that another Basking Ridge resident hit the silver screen, sharing the screen with Basking Ridge’s Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada 2? Meet Basking Ridge’s HelenJ. Shen. On the Devil Wears Prada 2 set, Shen and… Read More »Helen Shen of Basking Ridge, NJ Shines in Breakout Film Devil Wears Prada 2
Views: 898“Every day, thousands of drivers wind their way up Anderson Hill Road, one of Bernardsville, New Jersey’s defining roads, without ever stopping to ask who Anderson was or why the hill carries his name. Yet behind that familiar sign… Read More »Bernardsville’s Anderson Hill Road and Judge John Anderson, Esq.
Views: 1,065The iron rail that brought the steel horse to the Somerset Hills.This story is as much about the railroads that were built as it is about the railroads that weren’t. Railroad Companies of the Time Before we begin, this… Read More »Railroad Men of The Somerset Hills
Views: 3,442UPDATE:EXTENSION – Submissions to the program have been extended to give everyone a bit more time to complete and submit their thoughts, as well as to share their experiences over the July 4th period, providing additional retrospective in your… Read More »What America at 250 Means To You as A New Jerseyian
Views: 3,325New Jersey does not just have great food; it has a habit of turning everyday favorites into something bigger, messier, and more over-the-top than anyone expects. From stacked deli sandwiches and grease-truck creations to loaded cheesesteaks, Italian subs, and… Read More »Jersey’s Iconic Biggest Food Challenges
Views: 18,000UPDATE: July 3, 2026 6:30amThey’re gathering in Sandy Hook Bay on July 3 and getting ready for July 4th. That’s Eagle in there, 2nd in from the right. New Jersey residents can expect to be right in the middle… Read More »The Flagship American Eagle & America’s Sail 250 NYC & Jersey Flair
Views: 1,736It takes around two minutes and eighteen seconds to sing God Bless America. Mr. Local History took a trip to the “Field of Honor,” an annual tradition at the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey. Sit back, relax,… Read More »Take 2 Minutes and 18 Seconds to Celebrate America
Views: 2,900. UPDATE: Rumor has it that the new $30+ million Visitor Center & Museum on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, where Washington’s Continental Army landed should open in September 2026. We’ll keep our fingers crossed! Well,… Read More »New Jersey’s Washington Crossing State Park’s New Visitor Center & Museum
