Spring is in the air and our Jersey History team has been busy researching some great local topics.
Views: 6,460UPDATE / Donor Special: The 2026 Ambassador Giving Campaign to Support Project Local History Ambassador for 5th Grade Students is underway: five schools and almost 500 Bernards Township official flags to be distributed. See our special offer to financially… Read More »Project Local History Ambassador Flags for Students in Bernards Township
Views: 10,336April 14 is National Garden Day, so make sure you get out there and enjoy our Garden State’s beauty (and history) While the Mr. Local History Project typically focuses on historical research, stories, and events, we figured one great… Read More »Garden State’s Top Historic Gardens and Estates
Views: 5,151 “Beautiful Bernards” is a perfect example of “sharing local history with a social twist!” Mr. Local History Project’s mission – the red and gold have a tie to Bernards Township history. Three years ago, Mr. Local History donated… Read More »‘Beautiful Bernards’ Honors Bernards Township History and Community
Views: 10,811Mixed inside a Revolutionary War site on a hillside in Bernardsville, New Jersey, is a modest estate with lovely gardens. The Cross Estate encompasses 162 acres and, together with the Jarvis tract, augments the 320-acre New Jersey Brigade Encampment… Read More »Bernardsville’s Historic Cross Estate & Gardens
Views: 11,3012026 UPDATE:Congratulations to Cranford’s Riverside Inn for being named one of the top dive bars in THE COUNTRY (after capturing the State title a few years ago). USA TODAY named the longtime Cranford establishment one of America’s Best Bars… Read More »The Riverside Inn – History of Cranford’s (and New Jersey’s) #1 Dive Bar
Views: 32,443Frank McGovern opened his tavern in 1936 selecting 58 New Street right in the central ward of downtown Newark. Whether by coincidence or not, McGovern’s also opened around the same time Newark’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was reborn (Sunday,… Read More »Retrospective: Newark’s McGovern’s Tavern- An Irish History Tale
Views: 25,627UPDATE: After decades of sitting in a pile of rubble behind Warren’s DPW, the iconic and sole surviving Egg-O-Mat has been restored and dedicated to the residents of Warren Township, New Jersey. The Egg-O-Mat, a beloved and unique piece… Read More »SAVED – Warren’s Historic EggOmat Has a Home after Decades of Neglect
Views: 50,755The MLH Project is proud to be the exclusive reseller of the New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Collection, created by the world-famous Cat’s Meow Village. Made in the USA!!! Latest Editions to the New Jersey Historic Village Collection The… Read More »The New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Keepsake Collection Keeps Expanding
Views: 3,539 Congratulations to Union, Route 22, and the famous historic roadside attraction, the “World Famous Flagship – the ship that never sailed.” Your votes mattered, and the Route 22 Flagship is now officially part of the New Jersey Historical… Read More »Union Flagship on Route 22 Beautiful Keepsake Honors History
Views: 5,040Bernards Twp. 2025 Charter Day is A MEMORYBut You’re Early for 2026 🙂 Weather Forecast Stop by the Mr. Local History Booth #89 on Henry Street Just outside the Washington House Side Entrance Watch the South Finley Livestream Now… Read More »Bernards Township Charter Day Streetfair Memories
Views: 4,372Quick History – Irish Immigration to New Jersey By the mid-19th century, Irish immigration from Ireland to the United States surged, mainly due to the Great Irish Famine (1845-1852), which drove hundreds of thousands of Irish people to America.… Read More »Gotta Love the Irish in Jersey – The History and All the Parades
Views: 12,542Congratulations, Cranford, on the five exclusive collectibles now part of the New Jersey Historical Wooden Village collection, a group of over 40 Jersey collectibles. Each keepsake brings awareness to historic Cranford icons. The Mr. Local History Project group is… Read More »Preserving Cranford’s History – Five Limited Iconic Collectibles
Views: 2,103Release Party: March 1, 2025 Join Mr. Local History and learn a little bit about the KMS Farmstead…. Then get your own piece of local history! Celebrating the rich history of the Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, this iconic Basking… Read More »KMS Farmstead in Basking Ridge Honored with Painted Wooden Keepsake
Views: 4,658Our history of the Riverside Inn has really come a long way. There seems to be such love for Cranford, New Jersey’s Riverside Inn, aka “The Dive,” that we had to create a dedicated page separate from the history… Read More »The Riverside Inn – Cranford, New Jersey’s Community Online Photo Album
Views: 9,490Cranford High School – Cranford, New Jersey – Three Locations – Three Icons 1st CHS – Cranford High School at Grant School Established in 1902, Cranford’s first High School in Cranford, New Jersey, began as a four-year institution at… Read More »Honoring New Jersey’s Cranford High School History
