MLH Magazines

Retrospect: President James Monroe Had Ties to Basking Ridge

James Monroe was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and "Founding Father" who served as the fifth president of the United…

5 years ago

100th Anniversary Honors Women’s Right to Vote in New Jersey

In recognition of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the U.S., and the ratification of the 19th amendment guaranteeing all…

5 years ago

They Stayed In Basking Ridge

The famous people who came to Basking Ridge - Mr Local History Project In a sleepy little section in the…

5 years ago

Timeline Highlights Bernards Township History

Take a visual tour of a great document that showcases key historic activities that occured in Bernards Township. The timeline…

5 years ago

Mr. Local History Magazine Releases Vol 2. Issue 1

We call this the “2020 Welcome to the New Decade" Winter Edition It may be winter and for some strange…

5 years ago

Lord Stirling’s Rev War Beacon Signal Towers

General Washington, the Continental Army, and General Lord Stirling of Basking Ridge took a page from the history books and…

5 years ago

Historic Fires in the Somerset Hills

While you'd think that hurricanes and floods wreak the most havoc, there has been nothing more destructive to properties in…

5 years ago

2019 – Local History in Pictures

As 2019 comes to a close here in the Somerset Hills, now's the best time to take a look back…

5 years ago

Before the West Point Military Academy (USMA) There was Pluckemin

America's First Military Academy, the Pluckemin Academy in Bedminster, New Jersey (Dec.1778) was24 Years BEFORE West Point (Mar. 16, 1802).…

5 years ago

Bishop Edmund S. Janes – His Somerset Hills Story

Bishop Edmund Janes - "The Father of the Bernardsville Mountain" Before we get started: The Methodist Church in the United…

5 years ago

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