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Historic Profile: Somerset Hills Country Club

Tucked behind the bucolic town center in the boro of Bernardsville, New Jersey lies one of the best kept historic…

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The Founding Families of Bernards Township (Basking Ridge)

NOTE: Remember that Far Hills and Bernardsville were part of Bernards Township until the 1920 so these names do cover…

5 years ago

History Dig: The Army Hospital was in Basking Ridge and NOT Jockey Hollow

NOTE: While I sit in the house under self distancing work from home for the COVID 19 virus, we take…

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J. Geils Was From Bedminster -Cut his Chops at Bernards High

J. Geils from Bedminster, NJ, attended Bernards High in Bernardsville, New Jersey The J. Geils Band was an American rock…

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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

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…

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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…

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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).…

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“June in December” Tree Honors June Kennedy at Festival of Trees in Basking Ridge

The Mr. Local History Project honors the former Bernards Township's historian June Kennedy showcasing our "June in December" tree honoring…

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About Us – The Mr. Local History Project

The Mr. Local History project’s mission is to promote and preserve local history with a social twist. Based in the…

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