Bedminster History Archives - Mr. Local History Project https://mrlocalhistory.org/tag/bedminster-history/ History and Gossip from New Jersey Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:44:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://mrlocalhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/cropped-Mr-local-History-250-Logo-theme-32x32.jpg Bedminster History Archives - Mr. Local History Project https://mrlocalhistory.org/tag/bedminster-history/ 32 32 168989768 Quicklinks – Tracking History From Selected Jersey Towns https://mrlocalhistory.org/quick-search/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/quick-search/#respond Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:19:58 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=14213 Views: 5,056 Want a quick way to search for articles about the history of one of the towns we love to cover?The Mr. Local History Project has created a few quick searches to give you a head start. Our researchers choose where they cover. Official Name Nickname/Origin Photo Tidbit Link Bedminster Derived from Bedminster, a… Read More »Quicklinks – Tracking History From Selected Jersey Towns

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/quick-search/feed/ 0 14213 Meet the Historians Series – Bedminster Township’s Dutzie Robbie https://mrlocalhistory.org/meet-the-historians-series-bedminster-township/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/meet-the-historians-series-bedminster-township/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:15:47 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=57797 Views: 1,701 UPDATE:The Mr. Local History Project Research Team is seeking Bedminster historians with whom we can collaborate. If you know of someone who has a deep knowledge of Bedminster, NJ history, please drop us a note and let us know. Pritch Matthews and Dutzie Robbie – Carried the Bedminster history torch for decades. The… Read More »Meet the Historians Series – Bedminster Township’s Dutzie Robbie

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/meet-the-historians-series-bedminster-township/feed/ 0 57797 UPDATE: Evicted – Non-Profit Friends of Vanderveer House Vacate Bedminster Property https://mrlocalhistory.org/vanderveer-bedminster-eviction/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/vanderveer-bedminster-eviction/#respond Sun, 08 Jun 2025 14:30:30 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=57181 Views: 6,900 October 11, 2025While on a dual-purpose visit to Bedminster, MLHP stopped by to see the 2025 Bedminster Fall Fest and the 2025 Somerset County History Weekend, a county-wide celebration of history that includes the Jacobus Vanderveer House. While there’s good news, there’s also some sad news. On the positive side, there is a… Read More »UPDATE: Evicted – Non-Profit Friends of Vanderveer House Vacate Bedminster Property

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/vanderveer-bedminster-eviction/feed/ 0 57181 Top 10 Most Historic Businesses in the Somerset Hills, New Jersey https://mrlocalhistory.org/top10historicbusinesses/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/top10historicbusinesses/#respond Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:18:22 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=165 Views: 27,368 Whether you’re a banker, national political figure, CEO, or 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 Pfizer, the Somerset Hills business community has served up commerce in a classic fashion. There’s no mistake that the… Read More »Top 10 Most Historic Businesses in the Somerset Hills, New Jersey

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/top10historicbusinesses/feed/ 0 165 President Trump’s Historic Summer White House in Bedminster, New Jersey https://mrlocalhistory.org/trumpsummerwhitehouse/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/trumpsummerwhitehouse/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:22:00 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=4720 Views: 191,143 In a sleepy equestrian area in the Somerset Hills of central New Jersey, the former President of the United States still comes to summer at a house with a storied history. The Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, known as President Trump’s Summer White House, occupies 535 acres of beautiful countryside… Read More »President Trump’s Historic Summer White House in Bedminster, New Jersey

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/trumpsummerwhitehouse/feed/ 0 4720 Bedminster History Quiz – Are you a True Local? https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminsternj-history-quiz/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminsternj-history-quiz/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 22:20:39 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=40474 The Mr. Local History Project has created a fun, interactive quiz to test your knowledge about Bedminster, New Jersey's local history. The quiz includes corresponding answers and ancillary local history resources.

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminsternj-history-quiz/feed/ 0 40474 2021 Year In Review – Mr. Local History’s Top 10 Stories https://mrlocalhistory.org/2021-top-10-stories-2/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/2021-top-10-stories-2/#respond Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:34:09 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=25412 Views: 2,439 For your consideration…… Late December and early January are great times to reflect on the year passed and stories that presented themselves. The Mr. Local History Project looks back at the top 10 stories uncovered for 2021 based on reviews made by the editorial board. Don’t get us wrong, we love all of… Read More »2021 Year In Review – Mr. Local History’s Top 10 Stories

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/2021-top-10-stories-2/feed/ 0 25412 Bedminster History – Look To the Old Mellick Farmhouses https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminster-mellick/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminster-mellick/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=17 Views: 27,436 If you live in the Somerset Hills area around Bedminster and Tewksbury you hopefully have heard the name Mellick. The Mellick name goes back to one of the founding family names in the area. In fact, the name Mellick acquired three different spellings. In those days the people in charge of registering land… Read More »Bedminster History – Look To the Old Mellick Farmhouses

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminster-mellick/feed/ 2 17 Collectible: Preserving Bedminster’s History with a Special Keepsake – Trump’s Summer Whitehouse https://mrlocalhistory.org/summer-white-house-collectible/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/summer-white-house-collectible/#respond Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:40:29 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=21431 Views: 18,336 #45-47summerwhitehouse Preserving Bedminster’s History – The Mr. Local History Project (MLH) has been preserving and promoting local history since our non-profit organization was established in 2019. The all-volunteer group started a wooden miniature keepsake program to share history and artwork in partnership with the world-famous Cat’s Meow Village Company of Ohio to support… Read More »Collectible: Preserving Bedminster’s History with a Special Keepsake – Trump’s Summer Whitehouse

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/summer-white-house-collectible/feed/ 0 21431 Vote for Bedminster’s Most Historic Icons https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminster-survey/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminster-survey/#respond Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:52:40 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=17706 Views: 5,858 Hey, Bedminster, we’d love your opinion. We’re looking to hear what you think are the most historic icons in Bedminster, New Jersey. Loading… Vote in the Series:Know Bernardsville? Vote for their most historic Click HereKnow Bernards Township? Vote for their most historic Click HereKnow Bedminster? Vote for their most historic Click HereKnow Westfield, NJ? Vote for… Read More »Vote for Bedminster’s Most Historic Icons

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminster-survey/feed/ 0 17706 Bedminster Township’s Vanderveer Knox House https://mrlocalhistory.org/vanderveer-bedminster/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/vanderveer-bedminster/#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2020 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/vanderveer-bedminster-eviction-2/ Views: 13,914 UPDATE: July 31, 2025: A new Bedminster Township-led commission has taken over the property and its contents, creating a new mission to preserve and promote the Vanderveer House and Museum in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Learn More Bedminster’s Jacobus Vanderveer House – Knox Wartime Residence During the winter of 1778-1779, the main Continental… Read More »Bedminster Township’s Vanderveer Knox House

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/vanderveer-bedminster/feed/ 0 65677 A Unique Bedminster Cemetery-“God’s Acre” https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminsterslavecemetery/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminsterslavecemetery/#respond Sun, 04 Aug 2019 13:41:44 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=8420 Views: 13,318 So we’re over at the Bedminster Farmers Market, and while meeting a few 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 are. We love a good local history lesson, so let’s do this. Tucked behind the second Watchung… Read More »A Unique Bedminster Cemetery-“God’s Acre”

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/bedminsterslavecemetery/feed/ 0 8420 Kids Event Planning: History Coloring Book https://mrlocalhistory.org/kids-event-planning-history-coloring-book/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/kids-event-planning-history-coloring-book/#respond Mon, 22 May 2017 18:50:31 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=4295 Views: 5,356 Coloring History Opportunity for Kids T3 Consortium, a local company in the Somerset Hills, is proud to announce a new program for education programs to create a great program to make available for children while teaching them about some of the greatest historic people, places, and events in New Jersey’s Somerset Hills area… Read More »Kids Event Planning: History Coloring Book

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/kids-event-planning-history-coloring-book/feed/ 0 4295 1779 – French Alliance Ball – Pluckemin New Jersey Historical Quotes https://mrlocalhistory.org/1779-the-grand-alliance-ball-in-pluckemin-new-jersey/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/1779-the-grand-alliance-ball-in-pluckemin-new-jersey/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:18:20 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=171 Views: 19,816 “The entertainment began with a discharge of 13 cannons at 4 o’clock in the afternoon.” The Grand Alliance Ball – Sunday, February 18, 1779 , Pluckemin, New Jersey In February 1790 the Pluckemin Academy in Bedminster Township, New Jersey became the setting for one of the most remarkable celebrations of the Revolutionary era.… Read More »1779 – French Alliance Ball – Pluckemin New Jersey Historical Quotes

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