Views: 159… Is this really New Jersey’s oldest general store? Let’s find out… Who the Heck Was Schooley, and How Did He Get a Mountain? First things first. Schooley’s Mountain wasn’t named after a school, a schoolteacher, or someone particularly… Read More »Schooley’s Mountain General Store: 200 Years of History and Memories
Views: 274 Come for the View. Stay for the History. The Mr. Local History Project is honored to celebrate Washington Rock not only as a historic lookout used by General George Washington during the American Revolution, but as a remarkable… Read More »Washington Rock: 200 Million Years in the Making – 250 Years of American History
Views: 7,292 On October 30, 1938, Jerseyans tuned in to a radio broadcast saying Martians had landed in Jersey and were marching to invade. The War of the Worlds had begun. On that now famous evening, radio listeners may have… Read More »The World’s Greatest Broadcast in New Jersey History – War of the Worlds
Views: 641 New Jersey is such a great place to live, especially when it comes to celebrating our incredible mix of cultures and traditions! Just look at October. We’ve got the Italians celebrating their heritage, the Germans breaking out the… Read More »Jersey Oktoberfest: Historic Celebrations in Warren Township
Views: 1,013 At the Mr. Local History Project, our motto is “Jersey history with a social twist,” and nothing brings people together faster than talking about their favorite candy. And with Halloween just around the corner, wouldn’t it be great… Read More »The History of New Jersey Candy and Our Jersey Candy Hall of Fame
Views: 1,549 The “Ten Crucial Days” of the American Revolution began with Washington’s crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night, 1776. They continued through the victories at Trenton, the Battle of the Assunpink, and Princeton on January 3, 1777. In… Read More »Time To Honor 1776 March Across Jersey to Washington’s Delaware Christmas Crossing
Views: 1,383Eating Your Way Through New Jersey History Long before New Jersey had diners, highways, turnpikes, or even became a state, the local tavern often served as the center of community life. These were places where a traveler could find… Read More »25 of New Jersey’s Oldest Taverns & Inns Still Serving Today
Views: 1,225Long before anyone divided North and Central Jersey, Native American people lived, hunted, farmed, and traveled throughout the region. Archaeological evidence shows an Indigenous presence in New Jersey extending back more than 10,000 years. When Europeans arrived during the… Read More »Trekking Native American Trails in Northern New Jersey
Views: 925Just when you think you know everything about New Jersey, the state pulls another surprise from its seemingly bottomless bag of tricks. We already have ocean beaches, mountains, waterfalls, sprawling farms, colonial villages, busy cities, and some of America’s… Read More »A Historic Boardwalk on Jersey’s Lake Mohawk
Views: 744Washington Didn’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.… Read More »Washington’s Rev War Fortress – It Was New Jersey Itself
Views: 1,288Noe Pond began as a natural, spring-fed farm pond on the Noe family’s roughly 800-acre property in Chatham Township. Dating to before the Revolutionary War, the pond supplied water to the family’s dairy farm, rose greenhouses, and surrounding property.… Read More »Noe Pond & the Browers- Chatham’s Swim Club People Remember
Views: 935As Americans experience our 250th anniversary, historians are asking how this moment should be understood and remembered. The Mr. Local History Project is preparing an in-depth story that brings together perspectives from respected voices across our region. This collection… Read More »What America at 250 Means to Me Essay Series Open to All
Views: 556 On February 9, 2026, Brian Haumersen and Mike D Achille returned the historic ice yacht OURS to the ice of the Navesink River at the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club for the first time in approximately… Read More »Historic Ice Yacht Gifted to Lake Hopatcong Club- It’s “Ours”
Views: 2,029The Statue of Liberty’s official name is “Liberty Enlightening the World”. In French:”La Liberté éclairant le monde” Her raised torch represents enlightenment, while the tablet in her left arm bears the date JULY IV MDCCLXXVI — July 4, 1776… Read More »Statue of Liberty History, Then Some Facts – Jersey Style of Course
Views: 7,344It’s the oldest cycling race in America – right in Somerville, New Jersey, every Memorial Day for 85 years! It’s the “Kentucky Derby of Cycling.” I laid on the ground at turn two and thought all would be good.… Read More »Somerville Bike Race – The Oldest Race in America & a Jersey Memorial Day Staple
