Views: 4,505 Who would have ever imagined that between our Spring and Summer issues that the world would change. The historic Covid-19 virus has crippled communities and businesses. Read how the Mr. Local History Project team is working to document… Read More »Mr. Local History Releases Summer Magazine Vol.2 Issue 3 – The Covid-19 Issue
Views: 6,911 Take part with neighbors and community members in the Somerset Hills and share a photo to our community collage. During this time of unprecedented history everyone recognizes that being safe means social distancing. But that can’t stop us… Read More »Historic Community Collage – Share a Photo To Help Document These Difficult Times.
Views: 9,432 As a former township historian in this area, I learned that everyone has a point of view on what changed the area over the years. No matter who you talk to, you typically hear that the area is… Read More »Population Trends in the Somerset Hills
Views: 15,214 Somerset Hills Country Club – The SHCC logo has a crest of the Duke of Somerset in the middle with a phoenix and crown. Tucked behind the bucolic town center in the borough of Bernardsville, New Jersey, lies… Read More »Historic Profile: Somerset Hills Country Club
Views: 4,583 With Spring in the air and everyone now told to stay inside, we present our digital Mr. Local History Magazine. Remember that warmer days and gardening come to mind and we get to go outside and enjoy the… Read More »Mr. Local History Releases Spring Magazine Vol.2 Issue 2
Views: 15,242 Update: A new offering of vintage apparel by MLH honoring local businesses lost in our Bernardsville and Basking Ridge communities. It’s called our “Wear Local History” collection and it keeps growing. Check it out. What started out as… Read More »The H-GOAT GAME – Loved Businesses Lost In Somerset Hills History #HGOAT
Views: 20,321 The J. Geils Band was an American rock band formed in 1968 in Worcester, Massachusetts, while John Geils was attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Guitarist John “J” Geils led it. But did you know that it all started when… Read More »J. Geils Was From Bedminster -Cut his Chops at Bernards High
Views: 12,084 James Monroe was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and “Founding Father” who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was the last president of the… Read More »Retrospective: President James Monroe Had Ties to Basking Ridge
Views: 4,246 In recognition of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the U.S., and the ratification of the 19th amendment guaranteeing all American women the right to vote, the Mr Local History project recognizes this great accomplishment in American History.… Read More »100th Anniversary Honors Women’s Right to Vote in New Jersey
Views: 19,827 In a sleepy little section in the northern end of Bernards Township lies the Olde Mill Inn. Once just a tiny restaurant and former grain house barn, it has become a quiet getaway for Hollywood elite and social… Read More »They Stayed In Basking Ridge
Take a visual tour of a great document that showcases key historic activities that occured in Bernards Township. The timeline was prepared by former historian June Kennedy honoring the 250th anniversary and history of Bernards Township.
Views: 4,461 We call this the “2020 Welcome to the New Decade” Winter Edition It may be winter and for some strange reason it’s almost 70 degrees outside today. So after a nice long walk we came back in and… Read More »Mr. Local History Magazine Releases Vol 2. Issue 1
Views: 3,115 As 2019 comes to a close here in the Somerset Hills, now’s the best time to take a look back at all the fun events, activities, posts, and images for 2019. While not in images, our biggest event… Read More »2019 – Local History in Pictures
Views: 16,269 Before we get started: The Methodist Church in the United States is 94% white, 92% third-generation American, 60% married, 69% believe in God, 42% attend church weekly, and 62% believe in hell. Several attempts were made in the… Read More »Bishop Edmund S. Janes – Father of the Bernardsville Mountain
Views: 3,654 The Mr. Local History Project honors the former Bernards Township’s historian June Kennedy showcasing our “June in December” tree honoring her dedication to community and local history. The Festival of Trees is an indoor exhibit of decorated Christmas… Read More »“June in December” Tree Honors June Kennedy at Festival of Trees in Basking Ridge
