Views: 38 Research Preview:The Boylans of Bernardsville, Bedminster, and Basking Ridge have quite the history. The research is coming in fast and furious but there’s a whole lot of validation that’s still needed. However, we believe we’re on the right… Read More »The Boylans American Journey to Build Liberty Corner, Pluckemin and Bernardsville
Views: 381 Talk about an eye-opener!!!!!! So, I went to take the dogs for a walk and stopped by the grounds of Bedminster’s Jacobus Vanderveer House to see what had changed since my last visit. And look what we found… Read More »EVICTION ALERT – Friends of Vanderveer House Told to Vacate Bedminster Propery
Views: 1,997 500+ Posts Honoring Jersey History “We keep researchin’ “ Top 10 This Week Top History All Time #5 Post – All Time #4 Post – All Time #3 Post All Time #2 Post – All Time #1 Post… Read More »Top 10 Trending Posts Right Now Mr. Local History
Views: 166 Meet Herb Patullo, Bound Brook’s great historian and a true American. While Herb passed in 2020, his work is legendary in Somerset County. Herbert “Herb” Patullo (1929–2020) was a lifelong resident of Bound Brook, New Jersey, and a… Read More »Herb Patullo – Bound Brook’s Ultimate History Legend
Views: 156 There is a wealth of history to be learned from a cemetery. We have a rich genealogy embedded in many of our stories, and we strive to describe other facts, analytics, and stories about those who make their… Read More »Local Cemetery History Research
Views: 64 The Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church was founded in 1837 to serve the growing rural community in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township, New Jersey. Its adjacent cemetery, established shortly after, became the final resting place for many… Read More »Retrospective: Liberty Corner – History in the Cemetery
Views: 7,835 Researching Local History with Maps As a historian, I believe maps are one of the greatest sources of information, capturing a time and place. We use these maps to research history and find buildings, families, farms, or streets.… Read More »Sharing Local History with Maps – How to Read Into Them
Views: 77 There is a wealth of history to be learned from a map. We have historic maps and interactive maps embedded in many of our stories, and we try to list that research here. If you’re looking for something… Read More »Maps/Research
Views: 114 The Bernards Township flag, officially adopted in 1960 to commemorate the township’s bicentennial, was designed by resident James Fogelman. The flag features a simple yet meaningful design, quartered into four rectangles of red and gold, representing the township’s… Read More »Bernards Township Flag Needs Clarification
Views: 11,184 Did You Know?Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 to commemorate the adoption of the American flag by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The flag was immediately couriered to General Washington’s campground in a field just… Read More »The American Flag & Flag Day Means Annin in Liberty Corner
Views: 277 Coffee? We’re not serving coffee! So why call it a “Coffee House?” In the early 1800s, a “coffee house” was primarily a central gathering place for social, political, and business interactions, rather than a venue for serving coffee.… Read More »Coffee House, Tavern, and History in Bernards Twp. Madisonville Village
Views: 188 I walked by this place for years and never thought it was open, until one day I saw the lights on. I decided to investigate. Here’s the deal: that business is the oldest in Somerville, New Jersey, a… Read More »Historic Hotel Somerset – Rev War Tunison’s Tavern in Somerville Still Serves History
Views: 4,946 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 account of ice cream in the New World dates back… Read More »Ice Cream History around the Somerset Hills
Views: 233 It’s the oldest cycling race in America – right in Somerville, New Jersey, every Memorial Day for 85 years! It’s the “Kentucky Derby of Cycling.” I laid on the ground at turn two and thought all would be… Read More »Somerville Bike Race – Oldest Race in America & a Jersey Memorial Day Staple
Views: 197 This 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… Read More »Lt. Austin Spencer – A Basking Ridge MIA Story