IN THIS ISSUE: The Spring 2022 edition kicks off our 4th season with great events, fun stories, and yes some new collectibles like the one honoring Newark’s Krug’s Tavern. If you haven’t been, it’s time for a road trip. Let us know how we did this time around. Ms. Paula – Paula Axt of Basking Ridge serves as one of the Mr. Local History Project docents during last year’s Walking Tour of Basking Ridge Village. Get your tickets before they sell out. 
Views: 12,819 Honoring International Women’s Day, we thought it would be an honor to research and share the stories of inspirational trailblazing women from our area that have made a difference. Each of these women either grew up or lived… Read More »International Women’s Day Honors Trailblazers from the Somerset Hills
Views: 7,104 Project Local History Ambassador – Our second year is underway! Nicknamed to PLHA is a new program where the Mr. Local History Project is holding assemblies at each elementary school in Bernards Township and sharing the history of… Read More »Get a Bernards Township Flag – MLH Donates 15 to Project Local History Ambassador
The Mr. Local History Project is ALWAYS looking out for those who want to take an entrepreneurial spirit towards history. We are an extremely social group that wants to associate with those who make a difference by doing!
We try, we win, we fail, we learn, and we try again. Some of our ideas work, and some don’t. But we’re always trying to find new ways to share local history.
Want to get involved? Drop us a note and lets talk.
or use your email client and write us: *info@mrlocalhistory.org (Just take off the asterisk- it’s there to prevent the bots from mass emailing us!)
Views: 773 IN THIS ISSUE: The Spring 2022 edition kicks off our 4th season with great events, fun stories, and yes some new collectibles like the one honoring Newark’s Krug’s Tavern. If you haven’t been, it’s time for a road… Read More »MLH Releases 2022 Spring Magazine – Vol. 4 Issue 1
Views: 2,796 We are very happy to announce our partnership support to the MainStreet Bernardsville revitalization effort in New Jersey and hope that everyone who lives in the area, read the story and then volunteer to support this fantastic local… Read More »History Matters to MainStreet Bernardsville
Views: 1,881 We lost 2019 to Charter Day to storms.We lost 2020 Charter Day to Covid-19. Now we lost 2021 Charter Day to Covid-19 AGAIN!2022 Charter Day is ON! Looking for this Year’s Latest Charter Day Updates: Click Here Get… Read More »UPDATE: Bernards Township Charter Day – Saturday, May 21, 2022
Views: 2,711 Krug’s Tavern, a shot and beer joint that’s survived thru WW2, the Riots, and gentrification, the four generations continue the family legacy with this legendary New Jersey tavern. Now Krug’s has reached its 90th anniversary and the non… Read More »Newark’s 1932 Krug’s Tavern Wooden Collectible Honors Jersey’s BEST
Views: 2,671 Book Your Spot Today. UPDATE: Friday, May 13, 2022 We are a go for Saturday. Chance of showers. Warm (yay). Maybe bring a small umbrella just in case. Only a few tickets for our only tour this year… Read More »2022 Historic Basking Ridge Village Walking Tour Scholarship Fundraiser
Views: 3,705 The lore of Basking Ridge’s Sand Pit – The History NOTE: STILL LOOKING FOR ANY PHOTOS!!!! As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our… Read More »The Historic Sand Pit in Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Views: 1,675 PREVIEW READ: Mr. Local History took a ride down Washington Avenue in Bernardsville & Basking Ridge as we uncovered a story that we wanted to check out. Now if you know Washington Avenue and Washington Street, it’s really… Read More »The Bernardsville Basking Ridge Speedway of 1907
Views: 9,090 Retrospective: As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our internet community. We will continue to grow this piece as information becomes available. If you have… Read More »Meandering The History of Bernardsville’s Mine Brook
Views: 3,520 The Mr. Local History Project took a moment out to answer a very simple set of questions of which we’ve learned many people just didn’t know the correct answer. The Somerset Hills is an area of northern Somerset… Read More »Most People Don’t Know The Meaning Behind These Town Names
Views: 33,334 While watching an old episode of Man vs. Food Nation, food critic and comedian Adam Richman showed some awesome sandwiches from Jersey. Adam got us thinking: What sandwiches define New Jersey? We’ve asked the public for their advice… Read More »Sandwiches Invented in New Jersey
or use your email client and write us: **info(at)mrlocalhistory(dot org)