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New Jersey’s Historic Olympians List – Who Will Shine in 2024?

Going to the Olympics as a participant is a great accomplishment. Winning an Olympic medal is the pinnacle to some.…

1 year ago

The American Flagman Honors Patriotism Everyday

UPDATE: In 2010, we published this story on another website. Then we said people needed to see the story about…

1 year ago

Betsy Ross is Really Buried in Basking Ridge, New Jersey?

Flag Designer Betsy Ross and Her Basking Ridge Ties - Lore or Fact? “Here lies the woman who made the…

1 year ago

The Southard Family of Basking Ridge and A Historic Finding

Before we got started, we uncovered something we never knew about Samuel Southard. MLH believes Basking Ridge's own Samuel Southard…

2 years ago

Different Owners, Changing Times…Vermeule House in Green Brook Remains

Less than half a mile down Green Brook Road in Green Brook, New Jersey, sits a sizable but inconspicuous old…

2 years ago

John Morton – General Washington’s Rebel Banker Stashed in Basking Ridge

John Morton was a Colonel in the Continental Army. Still, he relinquished his commission in 1761 to become a highly…

2 years ago

Remembering Willie Howard and Bedminster’s Willie’s Tavern

Often, Mr. Local History doesn't search for stories as those stories find us. Case in point is this weird little…

2 years ago

Ancestry Comes Up Short on Analytics

As a recent subscriber to Ancestry.com the first thing everyone does is they create a family tree. After you've added…

2 years ago

Basking Ridge’s Genealogist and Historian, Gets Digitized

We recently received this great photo taken in May 1894 from John Allen, including the Allen family and Nettie (dead…

2 years ago

Basking Ridge’s Oldest Cemetery

Cemeteries showcase some of history's greatest reminders of where we came from. Many people new to the area are unaware…

3 years ago

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