Views: 92 PREVIEW RELEASE:Our researchers continue to work with this story as there are several conflicting points of view. We will update over the next few weeks, but we wanted to let people see this preview in case they’d like… Read More »Newark New Jersey’s Incredible Velodrome and Motordrome Racing Venues
Views: 77 Honoring Cranford’s History with Three New Cranford Keepsakes The Mr. Local History Project (MLH) has been preserving and promoting local history since our non-profit organization was established in 2019. The all-volunteer group started a wooden miniature keepsake program… Read More »Keepsakes: Preserving Cranford’s History – New Collectibles Coming in 2025
Views: 6,474 If you’ve ever been to Cranford, New Jersey, there are two places you have to go to: the Cranford Canoe Club, which epitomizes what is known as the “Venice of New Jersey,” close to the Cranford Hotel. Situated… Read More »History: The Cranford Hotel That’s NOT a Hotel
Views: 36 The collection serves two purposes: The first purpose is to create an iconic local image with the history on the back. The second reason is so you can “share history with a social twist,” meaning you will hopefully… Read More »Keepsakes: Preserving Basking Ridge New Jersey history is a Treasure
Views: 29 Celebrating the rich history of the Kennedy Martin Stelle Farmstead, this iconic Basking Ridge farm is honored with this beautiful wooden hand-painted collectible as part of the New Jersey Historic Village Cat’s Meow wooden keepsake collection. Beautifully handcrafted… Read More »2025 News: KMS Farmstead in Basking Ridge To Be Honored with Painted Wooden Collectible
Views: 126 The Governor of New Jersey’s Historic Village has been working to preserve and promote Westfield, New Jersey’s history with what we call “history with a social twist.” The simple truth is we partnered with the world-famous Cat’s Meow… Read More »Keepsakes: Preserving Westfield New Jersey history is a Treasure
Views: 224 People keep asking us why a non-profit is dedicated to researching New Jersey history and building food maps. The short answer is that history has what we call threads. We start researching one thing, which leads to another.… Read More »Finding New Jersey Super Size Pizzas & VOTING for Jersey’s Most Iconic Pizza Hangout
Views: 495 Ahhhhhhhh……those Wildwood Days are ready to give for the holidays! A monumental new keepsake collectible from the Mr. Local History Project. The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Village recently decreed that a new icon be added to the… Read More »Keepsake: Wildwood Arrives to NJ Historic Wooden Village Collection Just In Time for Gift Giving
Views: 1,799 Mr Local History loves history with a social twist. In fact, it’s our motto! So we thought how fun it would be to share some of the most loved New Jersey businesses that have disappeared. We started researching… Read More »Wearing Lost Jersey Businesses is Fun History
Views: 440 Olcott School Keepsake Official Launch Party: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Village recently decreed that a new icon be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection in a bold move to… Read More »Keepsake: Bernardsville’s Olcott School Part of NJ Keepsake Collection
Views: 320 Over the last few years, researchers at the Mr. Local History Project here in New Jersey have been busy at work and have released several stories related to the motorsports racing history in New Jersey. We’ve even now… Read More »Mr. Local History Motorsports Special Edition Magazine – Free!
Views: 398 As a huge motorsports fan, this topic came up with a few of our researchers who can’t let it go! While the Mr. Local History Project normally focuses on New Jersey history, they had to discover more once… Read More »Lost Motorsport Board Tracks Across America – Mapping Them All
Views: 5,236 How’s life in Basking Ridge? Click the play button to take a live look at downtown Basking Ridge. Signature downtown village events to check in on:Tuesday, December 24, 2024 – 7 pm – Christmas Eve Community Sing 2025… Read More »Basking Ridge Town Center Livestream
