In this issue, the Mr. Local History research team travels from the historic boardwalk and lakeside community of Lake Mohawk to the farm fields of Somerset County, uncovering the histories of Bardy Farms and Basking Ridge’s beloved Crane Farm. Along the way, readers will meet the families, immigrants, farmers, and community builders who helped shape the places we know today. So grab a cup of cider and join us as we explore another colorful chapter of New Jersey’s local history.
Views: 10,046 Celebrating over 100 years of New Jersey’s fall classic, the Far Hills Race Meeting, with this beautiful wooden painted collectible as part of the New Jersey Historic Village Cat’s Meow wooden keepsake collection. Beautifully handcrafted wood, hand-painted edges,… Read More »Far Hills Race Meeting Collectible & Century Old History of this Fall Jersey Classic
Views: 15,139 Here’s an idea. How about a fresh air compound? Great open space. Historic homes, beautiful rolling, open fields, and a canal. Yes, a canal. Let’s throw in an infamous outdoor concert series while we’re at it. Just off… Read More »ROADTRIP: Historic Waterloo Village Concept Works
Views: 24,544 Urban Legends, Ghosts, Murder, Nuns gone insane, the Devil and other horror stories we’ve dug up from Central New Jersey’s past. May be urban legends, but they’re OUR stories! When the leaves start turning and the nights get… Read More »Legendary Horror Tales and Ghost Stories from Central New Jersey
Views: 15,597 HELP THIS STORY: We are still looking for photos of the beer garden or any photos taken after 1970. We are also still researching the sale date to Warren Township and the final teardown date. Contact us if you… Read More »Remembering Warren’s Schwaebische Alb – a Jersey Oktoberfest Institution
Views: 73,759 Weird New Jersey magazine launched an all-out attack with urban legends about what went terribly wrong inside the Blairsden Estate in Peapack, New Jersey. This article was originally posted on another site back in 2007. We thought it… Read More »Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends
Views: 43,538 The Devil Tree of Liberty Corner (Somerset County) Urban Legend 1 Devil Tree – The Tree and the Caretaker Me and my friends were all contemplating going up to the devil tree. I had been up there one… Read More »The Tale of Jersey’s Devil Tree
Views: 35,093 Nestled in the Catskill Mountains in the southern portion of New York State lies the historic Mohonk Mountain House, also known to locals as the Mohonk Mountain Resort. The Resort is anything but a house, and you can… Read More »Fall Day Trip – Historic Mohonk Mountain “House”, New Paltz, New York
