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		<title>Washington&#8217;s Rev War Fortress &#8211; It Was New Jersey Itself</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 286 Washington Didn&#8217;t Build His Fortress. New Jersey Did. So we start by coining a phrase, one that defines what we think Washington knew all along. A geological fortress is not an artificial fort of stone walls, towers, and cannon. It is a naturally defensible landscape whose mountains, rivers, valleys, cliffs, and narrow passages&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/washingtons-geological-fortress/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Washington&#8217;s Rev War Fortress &#8211; It Was New Jersey Itself</span></a></p>
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		<title>Five Landowners That Owned Half of Somerset County, New Jersey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 1,169 Maps are such a great source of history, and this 1766 map doesn&#8217;t disappoint those looking to learn more about Somerset County, New Jersey&#8217;s history. Completed in 1766 by surveyors Benjamin Morgan and Joseph Hills, the Morgan–Hills Map is the earliest known comprehensive landownership map of Somerset County, New Jersey. Created just ten&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/five-landowners-that-owned-somerset-county/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Five Landowners That Owned Half of Somerset County, New Jersey</span></a></p>
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		<title>1766 Somerset County, New Jersey Map Tells So Many Stories</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 478 The 1766 Morgan–Hills Map of Somerset County Unlike most eighteenth-century maps that depict only towns and transportation routes, the Morgan–Hills map provides a remarkable snapshot of the county&#8217;s agricultural landscape by assigning numbered tracts to individual owners in an accompanying reference index. It captures the farms and estates of many of the families&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/1766-map-somerset-county-new-jersey/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">1766 Somerset County, New Jersey Map Tells So Many Stories</span></a></p>
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		<title>Middlebrook / Pluckemin MLH Series: Tell America About These Rev War Jersey Destinations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 4,700 &#8220;Pluck-em-in&#8221; and Middlebrook AND America 250 &#8211; Perfect Together. Get to know this Great American History Story. During the winter of 1778–1779, the Middlebrook Encampment stretched across the Somerset Hills while, at Pluckemin, General Henry Knox established the famed Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment, where the Continental Army&#8217;s artillery was organized, trained, and transformed into&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/middlebrook-pluckemin/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Middlebrook / Pluckemin MLH Series: Tell America About These Rev War Jersey Destinations</span></a></p>
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		<title>Was Pluckemin America&#8217;s First Military Academy? Expert Breaks Silence &#038; Takes Position</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 957 Historic archeologist drops a verbal bombshell announcement at a New Jersey conference: The Rev War Pluckemin Cantonment WAS America&#8217;s first military academy, confirming the construction was done 24 years before the United States Military Academy at West Point.Dr. John Seidel &#8211; Archeologist and historian who has spent the last 50 years researching the&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/pluckemin-academy-pronouncement/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Was Pluckemin America&#8217;s First Military Academy? Expert Breaks Silence &#38; Takes Position</span></a></p>
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		<title>Remembering Gun and Rod Clubs Around Schley Mountain in the Somerset Hills</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 1,467 From Rev War Soldiers to Gliders to Gun &#38; Rod Clubs: The Transition on Schley Mountain There is no well-documented evidence of a formal, dedicated police or public shooting range in the &#8220;The Hills&#8221; development itself. But we&#8217;re hoping that the locals will come forward and share what they know about shooting sports&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/gun-clubs-somerset-hills/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Remembering Gun and Rod Clubs Around Schley Mountain in the Somerset Hills</span></a></p>
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		<title>Middlebrook Symposium &#8211; Pluckemin&#8217;s Rev War Academy Analysis with Dr. John Seidel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 1,782 Pluckemin, New Jersey, pronounced &#8220;PLUCK um in&#8220;, carries three enduring name stories. Some trace it to a Lenape word for persimmon tied to early Algonquian place terms. Others repeat the roadside tale of tavern keeper Jacob Eoff, who would pluck them in at his door along the Great Road. Still others point to&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/pluckemin-middlebrook-symposium/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Middlebrook Symposium &#8211; Pluckemin&#8217;s Rev War Academy Analysis with Dr. John Seidel</span></a></p>
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		<title>Northside or Southside &#8211; Train Determines Socio Economic Town Dynamics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 1,233 Part of our Mr. Local History Train Series&#8230;.. For years, the Mr. Local History research team has been digging into New Jersey&#8217;s railroad history. As we traced old rail lines town by town, something curious began to appear in our notes. In community after community, the rail line seemed to divide towns into&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/traintalk-northside-or-soutside-matters/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Northside or Southside &#8211; Train Determines Socio Economic Town Dynamics</span></a></p>
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		<title>Passaic Valley &#038; Peapack and the West Line Railroad &#8211; What if the West Line Succeeded?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 721 A Retrospective The Mr. Local History Project conducted a deep dive into the beginnings of railroads in New Jersey, focusing on east-west corridors that sought to connect Pennsylvania with New York through New Jersey&#8217;s crossroads. Long before the railroads arrived, this corridor had already proven its strategic value. Revolutionary War routes, early turnpikes,&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/somerset-hills-train-retrospective/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Passaic Valley &#38; Peapack and the West Line Railroad &#8211; What if the West Line Succeeded?</span></a></p>
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		<title>Twenty-Four Years Before America&#8217;s West Point Military Academy (USMA) There was Pluckemin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 13:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 204,129 America&#8217;s First Military Academy, the Pluckemin Academy (Dec.1778), was 24 Years BEFORE West Point (March 16, 1802). One of the greatest untold stories of the American Revolution.The Pluckemin Winter Cantonment, part of the overall Middlebrook Encampment of 1778-1779. One of the lesser-known stories of the American Revolution is the truth about the Pluckemin&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/pluckeminwestpoint/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Twenty-Four Years Before America&#8217;s West Point Military Academy (USMA) There was Pluckemin</span></a></p>
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		<title>Cockfighting in the Somerset Hills &#8211; How Times Have Changed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 1,547 Picture a country barn set back from the road. Cars parked along a tree line, never too close together. Men arriving quietly, some local, others from out of town. Inside, cages line the walls and a small pit sits at the center. Cash changes hands. Bottles are passed. Someone always seems to be&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/cockfighting-in-the-somerset-hills/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Cockfighting in the Somerset Hills &#8211; How Times Have Changed</span></a></p>
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		<title>The 13 Paintings at the 1779 Pluckemin Academy&#8217;s French Alliance Ball Grand Pavillon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 13,110 The anniversary of America&#8217;s Alliance with France was celebrated on February 18, 1779, at Pluckemin, New Jersey, at a very elegant entertainment and display of fireworks given by General Knox and the officers of artillery. It was postponed to this late day on account of His Excellency General Washington&#8217;s absence from camp. General&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/pluckeminpaintings/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">The 13 Paintings at the 1779 Pluckemin Academy&#8217;s French Alliance Ball Grand Pavillon</span></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 17,719 New Jersey is known as the &#8220;Cockpit of the American Revolution&#8221; for a reason &#8211; because it was. More battles, more encampments, more strategies took place in New Jersey than in any other colony of the original thirteen. Bookmark the page and come back over time. If you have a topic that you&#8217;d&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/new-jersey-rev-war-series/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">New Jersey Rev War Series  Mr. Local History Project</span></a></p>
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		<title>Retrospective: Lost &#038; Torn Down Memories From the Somerset Hills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 6,951 As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our community. We&#160;will continue to expand this piece as information becomes available.&#160;If you have any stories to share, please post in the comments section at the end of the piece. Mr. Local&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/lost-torn-down-memories-somerset-hills/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Retrospective: Lost &#038; Torn Down Memories From the Somerset Hills</span></a></p>
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		<title>Quicklinks &#8211; Tracking History From Selected Jersey Towns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Views: 5,105 Want a quick way to search for articles about the history of one of the towns we love to cover?The Mr. Local History Project has created a few quick searches to give you a head start. Our researchers choose where they cover. Official Name Nickname/Origin Photo Tidbit Link Bedminster Derived from Bedminster, a&#8230;&#160;<a href="https://mrlocalhistory.org/quick-search/" rel="bookmark">Read More &#187;<span class="screen-reader-text">Quicklinks &#8211; Tracking History From Selected Jersey Towns</span></a></p>
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