TROG – The Race of Gentlemen – Pure Jersey History Right in Front of Your Eyes

4 years ago

Known as The Race of Gentlemen, the event has been revived since the 1950s by a local club called the…

100th Far Hills Race Collectible – Feel Lucky – Enter Chance to Win

4 years ago

UPDATED for 2024 - We're having a raffle again to honor the 103rd edition of the Far Hills Race Meeting.…

Lord Stirling- Basking Ridge’s Most Famous Resident

4 years ago

Is William Alexander, aka The Earl & Lord of Stirling, Basking Ridge's Most Famous Resident? Let's see if we can…

Join Mr. Local History for Somerset County’s History Weekend Oct 9-10, 2021

4 years ago

Join Mr. Local History as we partner with Somerset County's Boudinot Southard Ross Farm in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. The…

Far Hills Race Meeting Honored with Painted Wooden Collectible

4 years ago

Celebrating over 100 years of New Jersey's fall classic, the Far Hills Race Meeting, with this beautiful wooden hand painted…

Mr. Local History 2021 Fall Magazine Vol 3. Issue 3

4 years ago

2021 – Fall MLH Magazine Mr. Local History Magazine’s Fall 2021 Edition – a free magazine with stories about local…

Sandwiches Invented in New Jersey

4 years ago

While watching an old episode of Man vs. Food Nation, food critic and comedian Adam Richman showed some awesome sandwiches…

Is it Bernard or Bernards? Hummm

4 years ago

The Mr. Local History project often digs into multiple archives looking for evidence of the areas collective past. But this…

Retrospective: Bernardsville’s Historic Somerset Inn (Hotel)

4 years ago

People often wonder how people come to populate an area and how it develops. In Somerset County, the first settlers…

Keyport Day Trip – History and Food Road Trip

4 years ago

Nothing goes better than a fun Jersey day trip to an iconic town that starts the Jersey shore and gives…

Bedminster History – Look To the Old Mellick Farmhouses

4 years ago

If you live in the Somerset Hills area around Bedminster and Tewksbury you hopefully have heard the name Mellick. The…

History of The Bernards Township Flag

4 years ago

Bernards Township has an impressive history that dates back to the early 1600s. The Mr. Local History Project started investigating…

Where is West Millington, Lyons and Madisonville Sections of Bernards Township

4 years ago

NOTE: As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent…

Pari Mandalapu Chosen 2021 Ridge High School Mr Local History Scholarship Winner

4 years ago

Ridge High School senior Pari Mandalapu is the recipient of the 2021 Mr. Local History Project Scholarship for Community Service…

T-SHIRT OFFER: Jersey Signers of the Declaration of Independence

4 years ago

Order now to show pride in the Jerseyans who signed the Declaration of Independence. Back for The Fourth of July…

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