MLH Inaugural Issue – Vol 1 Issue 1 Spring 2019

Mr. Local History Online Magazine – a free magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey.

Take a look at the Mr. Local History Magazine, an online version of local news, articles, and posts about local history in the Somerset Hills region of New Jersey.

Sharing Local History with Maps – How to Read Into Them

Researching Local History with Maps As a historian, I believe maps are one of the greatest sources of information, capturing…

1 year ago

Mr. Local History Builds Wikipedia Page

The internet is such a great place to begin a search for local history and was exactly the reason why…

5 years ago

Grand Mansions and Historic Estates Mapped in New Jersey’s Somerset Hills

Natirar and Blairsden Mr. Local History Keepsakes - two of the most famous mansions in the Somerset Hills of northern…

5 years ago

Somerset History – Two Historic Books

While searching the internet we found a few great books that showcases the history of the Somerset Hills and Somerset…

5 years ago

The Essex Hunt and the Far Hills Race Meeting Timeline

This is a continuation of the history of our earlier story http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/farhillsrace/ For the better part of a decade, the…

6 years ago

Somerset Hills Historic Sites on the National & State Registers

Tucked in the northern section of Somerset County, New Jersey, the area known as the Somerset Hills has a rich…

6 years ago

The Gilded Age: The Blairsden Estate

Historical Perspective: The Blairsden Estate of Clinton Ledyard Blair Peapack/Gladstone, New Jersey Submitted: Brooks Betz & W. Barry Thomson https://youtu.be/aaz4rL9sHTQ…

6 years ago

Spring Planting – Keep the History Going

Throwback post - If you live in Bernards Township, New Jersey, for the 250th Anniversary back in 2010 Bernards Township…

6 years ago

Popular Historical Web Site in Somerset Hills ‘Going Dark’

Reprinted from the Bernardsville News - March 19, 2019 By W. JACOB PERRY Staff Writer March 19, 2019 It's a…

6 years ago

Basking Ridge Historic White Oak Tree Honored as 3rd Keepsake in Series

Mr Local History is proud to announce the release of the third in the collectible series, the 619-year-old Basking Ridge…

6 years ago

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