Views: 1,138 Perhaps you’ve heard that the US President wants an arch for Washington, DC, to honor America’s 250th anniversary. The Mr. Local History Project has another proposal: how about a nationally recognized monument for Morristown, New Jersey, America’s first… Read More »Why Morristown Deserves a Monument to Honor its Legacy
Views: 515 In 1907, the Bernardsville Improvement Society launched an ambitious campaign to transform the village center into a more dignified public space, later known as Olcott Square, named in honor of philanthropist Frederick P. Olcott. Replacing a cluttered square… Read More »Bernardsville – Before Olcott Square, There was a Fountain but…..
Views: 5,912 Honoring those we’ve lost and those veterans who have served. Soldiers showcased in the video who have given the ultimate sacrifice for their country: More Mr. Local History Our Readers’ Top 10 MLH Posts this Week
Views: 22,272 The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was engrossed on parchment, and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it. Jefferson drafted the statement between June 11 and 28, submitted drafts to… Read More »Independence Day – Kudos to New Jersey Signers #jersey5
Views: 6,634 It’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… Read More »Somerville Bike Race – The Oldest Race in America & a Jersey Memorial Day Staple
Views: 1,985 A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. No exclusive subscription required. For 1 day only, ordinary passengers were invited aboard the legendary Millionaires Express, the famed Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad club car that once carried the wealthy residents of Bernardsville Mountain… Read More »Taking a Ride on the Millionaires Express Train 100 Years Later
Views: 5,037 RAIN or SHINE – EVERY July 4th at 10:30 am – Join friends and family on Independence Day as the Washington Camp Ground Association honors the American flag, the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, and the reading… Read More »New Jersey’s Gift to America’s 250th – A July 4th Celebration You Must Experience
Views: 1,894 UPDATE: Yes, it’s going to happen. A NEW flagpole is replacing the old, nasty, rusted version somewhere around June 19, 2026. While America’s 250th birthday is underway, the Basking Ridge town green is about to get a major… Read More »Basking Ridge Town Green – The Town’s Smallest Park History & a New Flagpole
Views: 2,171 Our first comment needs to be “NO, THIS IS NOT AN AI-GENERATED IMAGE.” At first glance, I honestly thought someone had listed Bernards Township’s Town Hall for sale. For a moment, it looked uncannily like the old Astor… Read More »Was Basking Ridge’s Town Hall Abandonded?
Views: 1,394 Railroads did more than move people and freight. They shaped towns, determined where businesses grew, and influenced where people chose to live. Across New Jersey and throughout the Northeast, the arrival of the railroad in the nineteenth century… Read More »Railroad and Train History Series – Mr Local History Project
Views: 231 While researching the rich history of the West Line to Bernardsville, New Jersey, here are just some of the images from the series, gathered from various sources, to share as an online local photo collection that spans from… Read More »Railroad Photo Collection – The West Line of Central New Jersey
Views: 1,940 NEWSFLASH:June 12, 2026 – Ristorante MV now owns the building known to locals as the Old Stone Hotel, which they’ve been renting. Now that’s an event. Congratulations It’s really fun when you get the chance to document an… Read More »Bernardsville’s Historic Old Stone Tavern & Hotel – Destination Brings a Whole Bunch of History
Views: 1,567 Did you see that another Basking Ridge resident hit the silver screen, sharing the screen with Basking Ridge’s Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada 2? Meet Basking Ridge’s HelenJ. Shen. On the Devil Wears Prada 2 set, Shen… Read More »Helen Shen of Basking Ridge, NJ Shines in Breakout Film Devil Wears Prada 2
Views: 533 “Every day, thousands of drivers wind their way up Anderson Hill Road, one of Bernardsville, New Jersey’s defining roads, without ever stopping to ask who Anderson was or why the hill carries his name. Yet behind that familiar… Read More »Bernardsville’s Anderson Hill Road and Judge John Anderson, Esq.
Views: 453 The iron rail that brought the steel horse to the Somerset Hills.This story is as much about the railroads that were built as it is about the railroads that weren’t. Railroad Companies of the Time Before we begin,… Read More »Railroad Men of The Somerset Hills