Spring is in the air and our Jersey History team has been busy researching some great local topics.
Views: 84 Yep, we said it….. sha la la la la la down the shore everything’s alright. Put some of the Jersey shore’s most iconic keepsakes out for display. Bruce Springsteen / Mr. Local History Project In the Collection: You… Read More »History: ‘Down the Shore Everything’s Alright’ Collectibles
Views: 3,074 UPDATE: March 2025 Connecting Bernards Township students to their local history, the Mr. Local History Project kicked off its 3rd year of our Project Local History Ambassador program for 5th-grade students thanks to the financial support of many… Read More »Project Local History Ambassador Flags for Students
Views: 524 Quick 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… Read More »Gotta Love the Irish in Jersey – The History and All the Parades
Views: 23,375 Frank 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… Read More »Retrospective: Newark’s McGovern’s Tavern- An Irish History Tale
Views: 6,839 Congratulations, Cranford, on the five 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: 212 Release Party: March 1, 2025 Celebrating the rich history of the Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, this iconic Basking Ridge farm is honored with this beautiful wooden hand-painted collectible as part of the New Jersey Historic Village Cat’s Meow… Read More »KMS Farmstead in Basking Ridge Honored with Painted Wooden Keepsake
Views: 3,766 April 14th is National Garden Day every year, so make sure you get out there and enjoy observing nature’s beauty! 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: 1,407 Our researchers continue to dig and have finally found ALL of the deed records of the Riverside Inn property. It took us back to the late 1800s. If you have additional information about any of the owners, we’d… Read More »The Riverside Inn – History of Cranford’s (and New Jersey’s) #1 Dive Bar
Views: 197 Want to be part of the New Jersey Historic Keepsake Village Collection? It all starts with a nomination! The MLH Project is proud to be the exclusive organizer of the New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Collection, partnering with… Read More »Does Your Preservation Work Deserve to Be Part of the New Jersey Historical Wooden Village?
Views: 670 Our 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… Read More »The Riverside Inn – Cranford, New Jersey’s Community Online Photo Album
Views: 111 #btchartday is ON! Rain or Shine Get ready for a fun filled street fair and festival on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in the Historic Basking Ridge Village. Weather Forecast Stop by the Mr. Local History Project Booth #91… Read More »2025 Bernards Township Charter Day Streetfair
Views: 1,432 Cranford 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… Read More »Honoring New Jersey’s Cranford High School History
Views: 3,628 Mixed 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… Read More »Bernardsville’s Historic Cross Estate & Gardens
Views: 1,367 The term “dive bar” originated in the United States in the 1880s and was initially used as a derogatory term. It referred to drinking establishments often located in basements or below street level, where patrons would “dive” down into the… Read More »There’s a lot of History in These 100+ Jersey Dive Bars
Views: 609 Our Assumptions Are Correct…. Our assumptions are correct, and a big congratulations to the iconic Stone Pony in Asbury Park for becoming the 39th addition to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Keepsake collection. These wood-on-art keepsakes are… Read More »Keepsake: Preserving Jersey Music History. Asbury Park’s Stone Pony