Views: 4,471 While searching the internet we found a few great books that showcases the history of the Somerset Hills and Somerset County, New Jersey from the early 1800’s. If you like local history, these two books really bring the… Read More »Somerset History – Two Historic Books
Views: 1,675 With great fanfare, the Mr. Local History announces that the Mr. Local History Project registered as a formal organization with 501(c)(3) non-profit status. While our mission hasn’t changed, the founding organizers have a few specific goals to share… Read More »Mr. Local History Registers as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit
Views: 14,591 The Mr. Local History Project congratulates the Far Hills Race on reaching its centennial in 2021. It is part of the fabric and history of this equestrian area of Somerset County, New Jersey. What’s in a name? Some call it… Read More »Far Hills Race Meeting is Real Social Jersey History
Views: 23,006 Whether you’re a banker or a national political figure, a CEO or a farmer, the Somerset Hills has provided commercial opportunities for centuries. From C. Ledyard Blair and Jackie Kennedy, to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Charles… Read More »Top 10 Historic Businesses in the Somerset Hills, New Jersey
Views: 26,096 Nestled in the Catskill Mountains in the southern portion of New York State lies the historic Mohonk Mountain Resort, known to locals as the Mohonk Mountain House. The resort is anything but a house, and you can spend… Read More »Day Trip – Historic Mohonk Mountain “House”, New Paltz, New York
Views: 9,539 This is a continuation of the history of our earlier story For the better part of a decade, the Mr. Local History Project has been digging and investigating the history of one of the greatest events in the… Read More »The Essex Hunt and the Far Hills Race Meeting Timeline
Views: 4,867 Sometimes a blog is just that. A blog. A place where you just go write something, or in my case you just ask twenty seven random questions directed to seeing how men behave. I don’t know why I… Read More »The “Man Card Survey” – or “How Men Think” Survey
Views: 3,665 We call this the “the Back to School Issue” The Mr. Local History project has been working hard to produce the next issue of our magazine that combines news, stories, and feature posts about the area’s local history… Read More »Mr. Local History Releases its Latest Online Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 3
Views: 8,230 So we’re over at the Bedminster Farmers Market and while meeting a few of the locals, one of the patrons mentioned “why don’t you research what’s going on over at the slave burial grounds in Bedminster. Here we… Read More »A Unique Bedminster Cemetery-“God’s Acre”
Views: 2,813 So we’re traveling for work in Toronto, Ontario and a colleague looks over and asks “Hey have you taken an Uber around town yet. While we have, we didn’t understand what he was talking about next. He stated… Read More »POLL: Ride Share – Front or Back Seat?
Views: 3,241 The MLH Project is proud to announce that the Somerset Hills Historic Village is Joining the New Jersey Historic Village Collection as part of the world famous Cat’s Meow Wooden Keepsake Collection Vote for the Next Wooden Collectible… Read More »Wooden Collectibles
Views: 14,162 Liberty Corner’s Most Famous Resident? Might Be Zippy the Pinhead. Cartoonist Bill Griffith’s comic strip “Zippy the Pinhead” was inspired by Liberty Corner’s William Henry “Zip” Johnson, a local resident born in 1842. Known as the son of… Read More »Liberty Corner had the REAL Zip the Pinhead – Yow!
Views: 12,379 The Patriot of Liberty Corner “Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin. “Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.” Thomas Jefferson Welcome to Irwin… Read More »The Life of Irwin Richardt
Views: 6,608 Mr. Local History is proud to announce along with a partnership with The Ross Farm the release of the 6th in the collectible series, the Somerset County 1777 Boudinot Southard Ross House. The collectible is part of the… Read More »1777 Boudinot – Southard- Ross Farm in Basking Ridge Enshrined in Wooden Historic Village
Views: 413 Mr. Local History is proud to announce, after years of thought, that they will be producing a very limited run of a keepsake honoring the lost Jolly Trolley restaurant and Westfield Fire Department. The special commission will be… Read More »Westfield’s Icon Jolly Trolley Enshrined in NJ Historic Wooden Village