Views: 17 Fall in New Jersey is more than colorful leaves, crisp mornings, and roadside farm stands—it is a season filled with stories. In this issue, the Mr. Local History research team travels from the historic boardwalk and lakeside community… Read More »Mr. Local History 2026 Fall Magazine Vol 8. Issue 3
Views: 170 Just when you think you know everything about New Jersey, the state pulls another surprise from its seemingly bottomless bag of tricks. We already have ocean beaches, mountains, waterfalls, sprawling farms, colonial villages, busy cities, and some of… Read More »A Historic Boardwalk on Jersey’s Lake Mohawk
Views: 672 Walk into Bardy Farms on Washington Valley Road in Warren Township, and you are entering one of New Jersey’s increasingly rare family farm businesses. Fresh produce still fills the market, plants crowd the greenhouses in Spring, pumpkins arrive… Read More »Bardy Farms: From a Russian Immigrant’s Fields to a Somerset County Farming Dynasty
Views: 33,749 Twenty-five years ago on September 11, 2001, we lost friends, family, neighbors, and loved ones in a tragedy that changed our nation forever. Their absence is felt every day, yet in the years since that heartbreaking morning, we… Read More »Then & Now: Post 9/11-Somerset Hills Family, Friends and Neighbors & Their Legacy
Views: 333 Washington Didn’t Build His Fortress. New Jersey Did. So we start by coining a phrase, one that defines what we think Washington knew all along. A geological fortress is not an artificial fort of stone walls, towers, and… Read More »Washington’s Rev War Fortress – It Was New Jersey Itself
Views: 260 Minimum donation: $25, but feel free to donate at any of the levels below. Your contribution is TAX DEDUCTIBLE. We only have a limited supply of these great keepsakes, so act fast. First come, first served, while supplies… Read More »Donate Today and Get a Great Gift: 2026 US Mint RevWar 250 Quarters Collectible Set
Views: 1,496 RUMOR CONFIRMED:As Crane Farm approaches another turning point, word has begun circulating that Tyson and Doris Mertz are retiring October 31, 2026 and will not be renewing their lease with Somerset County. The Mertzes have not owned the… Read More »Crane Farm: The Little Farm Stand Preserves Basking Ridge’s Farming Past
Views: 471 As Cranford prepares to celebrate the theater’s 100th birthday on November 29, 2026, we’re taking a look back at the little movie house that became a Cranford institution, and the generations of people who have kept coming through… Read More »Celebrating 100 Years of the Cranford Theater
Views: 4,209 Realtors’ History Guide to Selling Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, Bedminster and the Rest of the Somerset Hills, New Jersey It probably comes as no surprise that realtors have a fairly easy time selling homes in Bernards Township and the… Read More »History Helps Realtors Sell Real Estate
Views: 960 What would have happened if General Charles Lee WASN’T captured in Basking Ridge?Join the Mr. Local History Project as we break down the history with this interesting conversation. America250 Update: Presentation – Sacking General Lee in Basking Ridge –… Read More »Speaker Series: Sacking General Lee in Basking Ridge….But What if
Views: 331 Yes, it’s true: to celebrate America 250, we have a great gift for you from our friends and the New Jersey State Bar Foundation. Order anything from our fundraising gift shop or make a donation, then ask for… Read More »Free Declaration of Independence & Constitution Booklet for Supporting MLH
Views: 725 As Americans experience our 250th anniversary, historians are asking how this moment should be understood and remembered. The Mr. Local History Project is preparing an in-depth story that brings together perspectives from respected voices across our region. This… Read More »What America at 250 Means to Me Essay Series Open to All
Views: 1,390 Military protocol in the eighteenth century generally called for armies to suspend major campaigning during the winter months. Harsh weather, poor roads, limited food supplies, and the difficulty of moving men, horses, artillery, and wagons made large-scale operations… Read More »Middlebrook’s 1778-1779 Encampment – 10,000 Troops and Bridgewater’s Legacy
Views: 1,275 Long before telegraphs, radios, or cell phones, New Jersey’s mountaintops carried messages by fire. During the Revolutionary War, General William Livingston and Brigadier General William Alexander—better known as Lord Stirling—relied on a chain of signal beacons stretching across… Read More »Igniting New Jersey’s Revolutionary Signal Beacons for America 250 Effort
Views: 855 For centuries, historians have relied on books, letters, artifacts, and exhibits to tell the stories of the past. But what if visitors could do something more? What if they could actually sit down and have a conversation with… Read More »Meet HistOracle AI: New Jersey Team Brings History’s Voices Back to Life