Views: 8,739Jockey Hollow is part of America’s first National Historical Park, Morristown National Historical Park which marks their 90th Anniversary in 2023. We also know there is a Jockey Hollow Bar and Kitchen, a four-part restaurant housed inside Morristown’s historic Vail… Read More »What is (a) Jockey Hollow?
Views: 6,152Every great historical story starts with something like, “So we were at this tavern and……” This is one of those stories. America was in the final stages of the Revolutionary War. After an agreement with the French was finalized,… Read More »Liberty Corner & Bullion’s Tavern… Boylan’s Tavern (Woops)
Views: 3,961Is William Alexander, aka The Earl & Lord of Stirling, Basking Ridge’s Most Famous Resident? Our researchers think so. Let’s see if we can answer that question. William Alexander (1726 – Jan 15, 1783) was the son of Secretary… Read More »Stirling Manor – The 13 Colonies’ Most Prestigious Home was in Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Views: 5,844Lewis – Boudinot – Southard- Ross Farm in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Twp., New Jersey. The Ross Farm in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, has a rich Revolutionary War history and played a notable role in the American… Read More »The Ross Farm is Still Defending Liberty and Independence 250 Years Later
Views: 52,893Father of the American Army ArtilleryFather of the American NavyFather of the Military Draft Fate has it often that those who put themselves in constant danger and face death every day are often spared until some freak accident takes them… Read More »General Henry Knox – America’s Forgotten General
Views: 1,888UPDATE:The story of the stolen 1779 historical artifact of John Lillie’s “The Winter at the Pluckemin Cantonment” continues as Mr. Local History researchers continue digging to locate the official FBI records of the stolen Pluckemin Cantonment artifact from the… Read More »The Stolen Lillie Drawing of Pluckemin Artillery Park
Views: 2,649These are a series of posts that provide local insight into Ken Burns’ American Revolution series and its ties to local history, which the Mr. Local History Project has been covering. Here are all six episodes of Ken Burns’… Read More »Plenty of Local Ties to Jersey in the Ken Burns Rev War Series
Views: 3,544This is a story about a widow, a General, and a War for Independence. For over a decade, I’ve been researching the story behind the 1776 capture of one of General Washington’s top generals, but I never really focused… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Widow White’s Tavern and Mary Jarvis Whitaker Brown White
Views: 2,227These are a series of posts that provide local insight into Ken Burns’ American Revolution series and ties to local history that the Mr. Local History Project has been covering. Episode 1, titled “How Land, Taxes and Rebellion Sparked… Read More »Royal Governor Francis Bernard and the Stamp Act
Views: 2,060It’s been on our radar to prepare a post and video since one of the nation’s top fife and drum units made their march into New Jersey during a warm spell in July 2023. First in Morristown at the… Read More »Middlesex County Volunteer Fifes and Drums Corp Marches thru Morristown and Somerville
Views: 2,446With America’s 250th anniversary just around the corner, there’s no better time to recognize great American history about what we’ve coined “The Greatest Story Never Told” about the American Revolution – The Academy that came 24 years before the… Read More »Share Pluckemin Cantonment History With A Pocket Park – America 250 Ideas
Views: 3,922It was a cold, winterish April afternoon at the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, as a very special guest came to tell his story about what has become a signature event in the history of the Revolutionary… Read More »Historic Moment at the Pluckemin Cantonment – Archeologist Finds His Mark
Views: 13,257The Mr. Local History Project is researching the thesis that another house, known as Stirling Manor in Basking Ridge, was built with similar architecture to the Proprietary House by England’s John Edward Pryor. Let us know what you think… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Stirling Manor & Perth Amboy’s Proprietary House- Digging Around
Views: 4,536Suppose you have the chance to visit Basking Ridge, New Jersey’s Ross Farm for an outdoor concert or to help out in the giving garden; remember this story about the historic Boudinot (Boo-DE-Know) family estate on the hill and… Read More »Richard Stockton – Constitution Signer and a Basking Ridge Brother-in-Law
Views: 3,151Knowing that people are very busy, we’ve gathered a playlist of short videos that take you through some of the most prominent events of the Revolutionary War in New Jersey. Watch the ones you can, or bookmark the page… Read More »New Jersey Rev War Video Collection
