Views: 158 Bernards Township Public Library is celebrating 125 years of serving Basking Ridge, since its incorporation as the Basking Ridge Free Public Library in 1898, Over the years, BTL has been housed at 5 different locations. Join the Mr.… Read More »Bernards Township Library History Walking Tour
Views: 215 Each year on the first Sunday in October, Lord Stirling’s former estate grounds at Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge, NJ comes back to life in the late 1700s. Colonial craftspeople ply their trades, a town crier delivers… Read More »1770s Festival at Lord Stirling’s Lost Estate
Views: 459 Learn history by those who LIVED IT. Elder Voices is BACK To Share Local History Stop by the Bernards Township Library on the lower level on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 2:00pm as we join together to learn… Read More »Elder Voices is BACK
Views: 508 Delicious Heights – Sunday October 1, 2023 3:30 -5pm SIPPING THE SOMERSET HILLS: A “VIRTUAL PUB CRAWL” HISTORY AND TASTING Enjoy a taste of history–coupled with actual tastings of pub and tavern beverages–at a unique “virtual pub crawl”… Read More »Sipping The Somerset Hills – History and Tastings
Views: 1,348 As a recent subscriber to Ancestry.com the first thing everyone does is they create a family tree. After you’ve added your basic living and deceased family members and started your frame, you are now a slave to what… Read More »Ancestry Comes Up Short on Analytics
Views: 850 Vol.5 Issue 3 – Fall 2023The fall is one of our favorite seasons in New Jersey as the kids go back to school, the warm days follow crisp nights, and the leaves begin to change. Mr Local History… Read More »Mr. Local History 2023 Fall Back to School Magazine Vol 5. Issue 3
Views: 9,476 Believe it or not, the dead is alive in central New Jersey especially in northern Somerset County. The question is not whether they are real or not, but more like are they disturbing or friendly? As we share,… Read More »10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey
Views: 4,915 Change or Die! That’s the battle cry. This article examines why people are no longer signing up and supporting historical societies across America. They are a dying institution, but they’re not alone. No one can deny that Amazon… Read More »Transforming Historical Societies and Museums
Views: 1,286 Delicious Heights Bedminster, New Jersey – Sunday October 1, 2023 3:30 – 5pm SIPPING THE SOMERSET HILLS: A HISTORY AND TASTINGS EVENT UPDATE: “It was a fantastic event. Do it again!” WHAT A GREAT EVENT! Great historic tavern,… Read More »Sipping The Somerset Hills – A History and Tasting Event
Views: 1,921 If you live in Bernards Township, New Jersey, the Mr. Local History Project has written a few stories about the founding families of Basking Ridge for new residents to learn the history of the early Scottish and Dutch… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Genealogist and Historian, Gets Digitized
Views: 6,355 Wouldn’t it be great you could gather a bunch of locals from the area to tell stories of how it used to be in the area? Maybe you grew up here? Whether you’re a teller or a listener,… Read More »Elder Voices Roundtable is BACK
Views: 2,778 For as long as there have been families in New Jersey, there’s been a need for milk. New Jersey dairy farmers also wanted in on the action as they started looking for ways to sell milk directly to… Read More »Retrospective: Milk Vending History in New Jersey
Views: 7,646 It’s revered. It originates in Central and South America, dating back to the 1500s, and originated in the region now modern-day Mexico. Indigenous peoples in Central and South America, such as the Aztecs and Incas, were cultivating and… Read More »History of the Jersey Tomato
Views: 5,937 Peaches Peaches Everywhere Many don’t remember that New Jersey, particularly Somerset, Morris, and Hunterdon Counties, were premiere peach orchards with some of the best in the United States. If you live in New Jersey, you know that summertime… Read More »Peaches Means New Jersey
