History

Keepsakes: Preserving Westfield NJ History – The Cat’s Meow

Congratulations to the Westfield Fire Department as Westfield celebrates its 150th year. See what’s currently available – they are collectibles, you know,…

5 months ago

Cataloging Sears Roebuck & Kit Homes in the Somerset Hills

The Mr. Local History Project received a request and we love the idea. We're going to try to find as…

5 months ago

The Annins of Liberty Corner: Patriots, Flag Company and a Middle School

Update: February 16, 2024 - Thanks to all of you, the BOE has removed the name change for William Annin…

5 months ago

Three Historic Moments That Changed Basking Ridge & America

On the internet, we've created the #3LOCALHISTORYEVENTCHALLENGE, where you share your town's three most historic events. As the historian for…

5 months ago

Retrospective: Why Bernardsville was Once Called Vealtown

It's an age-old question, and the internet didn't know the answer. So the Mr. Local History Project went digging. Why…

5 months ago

Bring Auto Racing Back to Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson New Jersey

The former mayor of Paterson, Joey Torres, had committed to seeing the restoration of the stadium by the end of…

5 months ago

America’s First Republican Vice President Nominee – Basking Ridge’s William Dayton Beats out Abraham Lincoln

Americans think the Biden/Trump election was one for the ages, exposing huge ideological beliefs, highly charged politics, and a fight…

5 months ago

Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ Time in Bernardsville & Peapack, New Jersey

A Small Part of Camelot in the Somerset Hills in Northern Somerset County, New Jersey, and why the Fall and…

5 months ago

The Somerset Hills Airport in Basking Ridge – Lost but Not Forgotten

Lord Stirling, the Revolutionary War Buildings, the First Airmail, World Record Gliders, the Tuskegee Airmen, the VA, a proposed Super…

5 months ago

The Gilded Age: Natirar Estate in Peapack/Far Hills, New Jersey

UPDATE: The Mr. Local History Project is SOOOO excited to introduce the expansion of our Historic New Jersey Historic Cat's…

5 months ago

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