Mr. Local History Magazine – a free online magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey as only Mr. Local History can tell, always with a social twist!
Views: 3,315. 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
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: 2,380 Live now Live viewer count is not available at this time. Basking Ridge Town Green WEATHER Bernards Township Charter Day 2026 Details Expect visitors to the downtown Basking Ridge section of Bernards Twp celebration to reach over 10,000… Read More »2026: Bernards Township Charter Day – May 16 – It’s America 250 Time
Views: 1,850Most people think they know New Jersey. They picture highways, traffic, and a place you pass through on the way to somewhere else. But if you could step back into the mid 1800s, you’d see a very different state… Read More »Why are We Called “The Garden State?” Spring Gardens- History and Happenings
Views: 5,759This Special Issue of Mr. Local History Magazine celebrates America’s SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL, the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, by bringing New Jersey’s Revolutionary past to life. From historic battlefields and museum exhibits to community events and… Read More »Mr. Local History’s America’s 250th Celebration Magazine
Views: 1,640Part of our Mr. Local History Train Series….. For years, the Mr. Local History research team has been digging into New Jersey’s railroad history. As we traced old rail lines town by town, something curious began to appear in… Read More »Northside or Southside – Train Determines Socio Economic Town Dynamics
Views: 4,270The 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. As our researchers identify new pertinent information, this post… Read More »The West Line Railroad: Fate That Created a Community Instead of an Industry
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: 12,172BOOKMARK this Site and Come Back Often – Updated Daily “It’s the most extensive America 250 Events Calendar for New Jersey 250. This free statewide calendar is open to all New Jersey organizers to share America’s Semiquincentennial 250th anniversary-related… Read More »New Jersey’s America 250 Events Calendar
Views: 3,194The “Hard Water” America’s Cup of Ice Yachting NEWS UPDATE: Trophy History: The Van Nostrand Cup The America’s Cup of ice boating, the Gardner Van Nostrand Trophy, today known as the Ice Yacht Challenge Cup. Gardner Van Nostrand was… Read More »Van Nostrand Cup: The America’s Cup of Ice Yachting Returns To New York
Views: 2,507“It’s the most extensive 250th Exhibit List we’ve seen for New Jersey.“ This free statewide exhibit list is open to all New Jersey organizers to share information about America’s 250th-anniversary exhibits happening across the Garden State. From local History… Read More »New Jersey and America’s 250th Exhibits
Views: 1,688In 1888, a fast and ambitious ice yacht named Rocket was built to race on the frozen reaches of the Navesink River at Red Bank, New Jersey. At a time when ice boating was one of winter’s great spectator… Read More »Historic Rocket Ice Yacht Reborn on the Navesink
Views: 1,057For 5 years and more than 650 posts, Mr Local History has been telling the stories of Basking Ridge, the Somerset Hills, Somerset County, and eventually communities across New Jersey. What started local grew wider, but the goal stayed… Read More »Mr. Local History Research That Surprised Even Us
Views: 3,629Griffin & Howe’s Bernardsville Story: How an American Institution Took RootThen Abercrombie & Fitch acquired Griffin & Howe and made it the company’s custom gunmaking arm. For generations, Bernardsville’s quiet streets were home to one of the most respected… Read More »Griffin & Howe – America’s Outfitter Hidden in a Small Jersey Town
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To preserve and promote New Jersey’s local history with a social twist, as we are always looking to find new, fun ways to share stories about the great history of New Jersey.
