Views: 4,207 Time to see what Westfielders feel are the most historic icons in town. Is it The Westfield train station, Rialto Theater, Tamaques Park, Stoneleigh Park, Westfield Fire Department, Jolly Trolley, WWI Memorial, Kehler Field House, Westfield High School,… Read More »Vote for Westfield’s Most Historic Icons
The Mr. Local History Project has created a fun, interactive quiz to test your knowledge about Bedminster, New Jersey’s local history. The quiz includes corresponding answers and ancillary local history resources.
The Mr. Local History Project has launched a fifteen-question quiz about your town’s history, with answers linked to articles from the project. The Project encourages participants to share their scores and contribute fresh queries.
The Mr. Local History Project has launched a fifteen-question quiz about your town’s history, with answers linked to articles from the project. The Project encourages participants to share their scores and contribute fresh queries.
Views: 5,552 You can learn a great deal of history by visiting a cemetery. NOTE: A quick reminder: Warren was part of Bernards Township until the 19th century, while Far Hills and Bernardsville were still part of Bernards Township up… Read More »Basking Ridge Evergreen Cemetery is a Living History Lesson
Views: 4,100 As a recent subscriber to Ancestry.com the first thing everyone does is they create a family tree. After you’ve added your basic living and deceased family members and started your frame, you are now a slave to what… Read More »Ancestry Comes Up Short on Analytics
Views: 7,936 Amid controversy and intrigue, we have been writing for years about a controversial figure in early American history who served the English majesty as the provincial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay. If you were to define… Read More »Three Sister Towns Historic Links to Governor Sir Francis Bernard
Views: 4,041 What better way to share New Jersey’s local history than with games? To create a fun and engaging teaching method, the Mr. Local History Project offers a variety of interactive puzzles and games for kids and adults. Look… Read More »MLH Games & Puzzles Share Local History
Views: 4,600 Ridge High School senior Pari Mandalapu is the recipient of the 2021 Mr. Local History Project Scholarship for Community Service in local history. Pari has lived in Basking Ridge most of his life, and has been involved in… Read More »Pari Mandalapu Chosen 2021 Ridge High School Mr Local History Scholarship Winner
Views: 7,041 The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of New Jersey’s historic resources of local, state, and national interest. Created by the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Act of 1970 (N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.128 et seq.)… Read More »Why List a Historic District on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places?
Views: 18,645 UPDATE: While we wrote this piece years ago, the Bedminster Charter came back in the news on October 21, 2019, when it was announced that the Forbes family was donating the charter back to Bedminster Township. The story… Read More »The Lost Charters of Bernards Township & Bedminster
Views: 6,300 DID YOU KNOW OVER A DOZEN JERSEY TOWNS WERE ALMOST LOST to a super-regional airport in the 1960s? The concept of an airport, which started at 10,000 acres, ballooned to 25,000–30,000 acres, affecting over 45 square miles in Somerset… Read More »Saving the Great Swamp- The Fight to Defeat the Jetport – Filmmaker Scott Morris
Views: 9,265 Schools in the Somerset Hills area of northern Somerset County have been a mainstay back to the mid-1700s. We honor the history of these memorable facilities in images from various sources now in our digital research archives. For… Read More »MLH Honors Back to School with Historic School Images From the Somerset Hills
Views: 4,714 Congratulations to our 2020 Ridge High School senior and MLH History Student of the Year – Annie Kleinle. A history volunteer since the MLH was founded, Annie Kleinle has been involved with local history. In addition to her… Read More »Congratulations to Annie Kleinle, the 2020 MLH Project High School Student of the Year.
Views: 4,246 In recognition of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the U.S., and the ratification of the 19th amendment guaranteeing all American women the right to vote, the Mr Local History project recognizes this great accomplishment in American History.… Read More »100th Anniversary Honors Women’s Right to Vote in New Jersey
