Peapack History Archives - Mr. Local History Project https://mrlocalhistory.org/tag/peapack-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 Peapack History Archives - Mr. Local History Project https://mrlocalhistory.org/tag/peapack-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 Grand Mansions and Historic Estates Mapped in New Jersey’s Somerset Hills https://mrlocalhistory.org/grandmansionssomersethills/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/grandmansionssomersethills/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 12:12:24 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=5 Views: 45,579 Many people have asked why you post all this history stuff on the area you’re calling the Somerset Hills. Well, call it passion. Call it intrigue. Call it local awareness. I think the main reason is that the information wasn’t available whenever I asked a question about the area’s history. I didn’t want… Read More »Grand Mansions and Historic Estates Mapped in New Jersey’s Somerset Hills

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]]> https://mrlocalhistory.org/grandmansionssomersethills/feed/ 0 5 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: 27,366 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 Somerset Hills History 101 https://mrlocalhistory.org/somersethillshistory101/ https://mrlocalhistory.org/somersethillshistory101/#respond Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:22:16 +0000 http://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=7379 Views: 8,959 Bedminster, Bernards Township, Bernardsville, Far Hills, Peapack & Gladstone: History that you might not know. Let’s get started. Did you know… 1921 – Far Hills was actually part of Bernards Township until seceding in 1921. Rising taxes led the 200 residents of Far Hills to decide to separate from Bernards Township and to… Read More »Somerset Hills History 101

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