Views: 400 From Horsepower to Jeep Power — 117 Years and Still Rolling! Before Jeeps had four-wheel drive, Far Hills had four-legged horsepower! Back in the early 1900s, this little railroad village ran on coal furnaces, hand-pumped water, and horse-drawn… Read More »Welsh Motors – Far Hills (Est. 1909) From Horse Power to Jeep Power
Views: 567Your History Tour Guide to Basking Ridge, and Yes, We Know It’s Bernards Township (officially). Let’s start with the elephant in the room. Although the municipality’s official name is Bernards Township, most people have embraced Basking Ridge as the… Read More »Greetings From Historic Basking Ridge
Views: 1,005Long before Walgreens occupied the busy corner of Route 202 and North Finley Avenue, the property was home to one of Bernardsville’s more unusual redevelopment stories. What began as a large furniture showroom sat vacant for nearly a decade… Read More »Bernardsville’s Huffman-Koos and Finley Manor Hotel Memories
Views: 2,482Our first comment needs to be “NO, THIS IS NOT AN AI-GENERATED IMAGE.” At first glance, I honestly thought someone had listed Bernards Township’s Town Hall for sale. For a moment, it looked uncannily like the old Astor Estate… Read More »Was Basking Ridge’s Town Hall Abandonded?
Views: 843“Every day, thousands of drivers wind their way up Anderson Hill Road, one of Bernardsville, New Jersey’s defining roads, without ever stopping to ask who Anderson was or why the hill carries his name. Yet behind that familiar sign… Read More »Bernardsville’s Anderson Hill Road and Judge John Anderson, Esq.
Views: 3,408UPDATE:EXTENSION – Submissions to the program have been extended to give everyone a bit more time to complete and submit their thoughts, as well as to share their experiences over the July 4th period, providing additional retrospective in your… Read More »What America at 250 Means To You as A New Jerseyian
Views: 1,935From Rev War Soldiers to Gliders to Gun & Rod Clubs: The Transition on Schley Mountain There is no well-documented evidence of a formal, dedicated police or public shooting range in the “The Hills” development itself. But we’re hoping… Read More »Remembering Gun and Rod Clubs Around Schley Mountain in the Somerset Hills
Views: 1,295History says the subscriber list is lost, so Mr. Local History is trying to rebuild it. We wanted to begin this addition to our Somerset Hills train history series with the story behind what became widely known as the… Read More »Millionaires Express Elegant Commuting – Who Was On That Exclusive Subscriber List
Views: 1,539Part of our Mr. Local History Train Series….. For years, the Mr. Local History research team has been digging into New Jersey’s railroad history. As we traced old rail lines town by town, something curious began to appear in… Read More »Northside or Southside – Train Determines Socio Economic Town Dynamics
Views: 938A Retrospective The Mr. Local History Project conducted a deep dive into the beginnings of railroads in New Jersey, focusing on east-west corridors that sought to connect Pennsylvania with New York through New Jersey’s crossroads. Long before the railroads… Read More »Passaic Valley & Peapack and the West Line Railroad – What if the West Line Succeeded?
Views: 5,800Meet Local Artist Linda Arnold – Get an Autographed Edition Local artist and Liberty Corner resident Linda Arnold will be signing copies of her new coloring book, “Somerset Hills History,” during the Bernards Township Charter Day Streetfair & Festival… Read More »Charter Day Showcases Local Artist’s History Coloring Book
Views: 3,583This story came about after the Mr. Local History Project researchers prepared research on Bernards Township developments in the 20th century. Many residents started asking about the Spencer Road development, one of the first in the township to provide… Read More »Lt. Austin Spencer – A Basking Ridge MIA Story
Views: 9,178New Jersey Historical Wooden Keepsake Collection Welcomes the 1871 Washington House The iconic Washington House in Basking Ridge Village has a rich history dating back to 1871. At almost 150 years of age, the grand hotel still serves the… Read More »The Washington House- A Basking Ridge Icon
Views: 74,720Weird New Jersey magazine launched an all-out attack with urban legends about what went terribly wrong inside the Blairsden Estate in Peapack, New Jersey. This article was originally posted on another site back in 2007. We thought it was… Read More »Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends
Views: 2,593For 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… Read More »2021 Year In Review – Mr. Local History’s Top 10 Stories
