Bedminster History Quiz – Are you a True Local?

The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, is celebrating Colonial Christmas, an annual fundraiser event that combines history, tourism, tradition, and Christmas spirit. It offers an array of activities including music, reenactments, crafts, and holiday shopping.

Views: 195,797 America’s First Military Academy, the Pluckemin Academy (Dec.1778) was 24 Years BEFORE West Point (Mar. 16, 1802). One of the greatest untold stories of the American Revolution.The Pluckemin… Read More »Before the West Point Military Academy (USMA) There was…

Views: 600 “Pluck-em-in” and America 250 – Perfect Together. Get to know this Great American History Story Pluckemin, New Jersey, pronounced “PLUCK um in“, carries three enduring name stories. Some… Read More »America 250: The Pluckemin Series – Now Go Tell…

Views: 1,778 In the mid-1930s, after the Schley Field opened for Glider Competitions, the glider game changed. However, there was a glider field just east in the same town, which… Read More »Gliders Soar at Historic Schley Field in Liberty Corner,…

Views: 858 🧵 The “Lyons (France) of New Jersey” Then came industry. In July 1910 the Bernardsville News ran a whimsical headline: “The Lyons of New Jersey.” The article announced… Read More »The Lost Lake Beneath the Hills: The Forgotten Silk…

Views: 1,194 In the early 1700s, German Lutherans settled around Pluckemin and established one of the region’s first congregations. By 1715, they had built a small log church on what… Read More »The Hills Church & Cemetery & Pluckemin’s Pigtail Mountain

Views: 1,456 It was a cold, winterish April afternoon at the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, as a very special guest came to tell his story about what… Read More »Historic Moment at the Pluckemin Cantonment – Archeologist Finds…

Views: 9,638 July is National Ice Cream Month, so it’s time for Mr. Local History’s look back at the history, the good fun (and some “good humor”). The first official… Read More »Ice Cream History around the Somerset Hills

Views: 11,285 Distilling in Central New Jersey New Jersey has a deep history of distilling spirits that goes back to colonial times. The Somerset Hills is an area in central… Read More »New Jersey Hills are Alive with Distilling History

Views: 17,286 2025 Suggestions? Drop Us a Note We dare to compare! Bedminster, Bernardsville, Basking Ridge, Far Hills, Peapack/Gladstone, also known as The Somerset Hills. It’s time for a real… Read More »The Besties – The Best of the Best in…

Views: 665 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,… Read More »Meet the Historians Series – Bedminster Township’s Dutzie Robbie

Views: 2,847 Research Update:Are the Boylans and the Bullions the same family in Liberty Corner? Before Liberty Corner was Liberty Corner, it was Annins Corner AND we also found it… Read More »The Boylans American Journey to Build Liberty Corner, Pluckemin…

Views: 4,398 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… Read More »UPDATE: Evicted – Non-Profit Friends of Vanderveer House Vacate…

Views: 1,752 United States Equestrian Team Foundation Headquarters Hamilton Farm – Gladstone, New Jersey You must thank James Cox Brady of Bedminster, Peapack, the Wall Street Financier, for his vision… Read More »Grand History of the US Equestrian Team Foundation in…

Views: 3,162 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… Read More »Quicklinks – Tracking History From Selected Jersey Towns

Views: 14,329 The MLH Project is proud to be the exclusive reseller of the New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Collection, created by the world-famous Cat’s Meow Village. Made in the… Read More »The Exclusive New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Keepsake Collection

Views: 856 We have been told a terrible rumor. Is it true? Do some people bring out their Jersey Cat’s Meow collectibles only for the holidays? Read on…. Yes, we… Read More »Who Brings Their Jersey Village Collectibles out Just for…

Views: 5,022 Presidents #22 and #24 and Now #45 and #47 – Only Two Presidents to Serve Non-Consecutive Terms. Here’s how four presidential elections went down. Grover Cleveland, a Democrat,… Read More »Non-Consecutive Term Presidents: Jersey’s Grover Cleveland and Now Donald…

Views: 2,958 The Mr. Local History project has been researching and working with the public to create the most complete list of lost businesses in the Somerset Hills in northern… Read More »Businesses Lost In Somerset Hills, New Jersey this Past…

Views: 4,229 Often, Mr. Local History doesn’t search for stories as those stories find us. Case in point is this weird little story about a man who comes to America… Read More »Remembering Willie Howard and Bedminster’s Willie’s Tavern

Views: 4,499 NOTE: As with many Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our community. We will continue to… Read More »Honoring Black History Month in the Somerset Hills

Views: 8,883 Snow is an interesting thing. Some love it. Some hate it. But when there’s a major storm in the area, there’s the battle between getting a snow day… Read More »Retrospective: Snowstorms and Sledding in Somerset County New Jersey

Views: 6,642 The Mr. Local History Project took a moment out to answer a very simple set of questions, of which we’ve learned many people just didn’t know the correct… Read More »Most People Don’t Know The Meaning Behind These Town…

Views: 7,233 National Award-Winning Landscape Architect Lives and Breathes History with His Map Creations. The Mr. Local History Project introduces you to a dear friend and history connoisseur who has… Read More »Somerset Hills Cartographer John Smith Maps Local History

Views: 24,403 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… Read More »Bedminster History – Look To the Old Mellick Farmhouses

Views: 5,017 The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of New Jersey’s historic resources of local, state, and national interest. Created by the New Jersey Register… Read More »Why List a Historic District on the New Jersey…

Views: 15,644 #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… Read More »Collectible: Preserving Bedminster’s History with a Special Keepsake –…

Views: 14,688 UPDATE: While we wrote this piece years ago, the Bedminster Charter came back in the news on October 21, 2019, when it was announced that the Forbes family… Read More »The Lost Charters of Bernards Township & Bedminster

Views: 4,150 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?… Read More »Vote for Bedminster’s Most Historic Icons

Views: 6,468 Schools in the Somerset Hills area of northern Somerset County have been a mainstay back to the mid-1700s. We honor the history of these memorable facilities in images… Read More »MLH Honors Back to School with Historic School Images…

Views: 11,683 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… Read More »Bedminster Township’s Vanderveer Knox House

Views: 10,055 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… Read More »A Unique Bedminster Cemetery-“God’s Acre”

Views: 9,873 Tucked in the northern section of Somerset County, New Jersey, the area known as the Somerset Hills has a rich history that Mr. Local History is proud to… Read More »Somerset Hills Historic Sites on the National & State…