History

Mr. Local History 2024 Fall Magazine Vol 6. Issue 3

Our Fall 2024 cover photo pays homage to the history of the Somerset Hills area in Northern Somerset County, New…

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Bernards Township/Bernardsville Historic Wooden Village Keepsake Collectibles

Congratulations, Basking Ridge and Bernardsville, on being the foundation for the New Jersey Historical Wooden Village collection, a group of…

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The Lost Westfield Airport In Union County

Just like the racetrack that was on the southern end of Westfield in the 1930s, another lost icon, the Westfield…

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Lost Racetrack Series: Auto Racing’s 10,000 Seat Track In Union, New Jersey

Jersey Lost Racetrack Series We found a story in the Paterson Call newspaper on April 22, 1936, stating that on…

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Retrospective: Auto Racing on Jersey’s Westfield-Clark Border

Jersey Lost Racetrack Series For a short period, racecar drivers from all over the tri-state area gathered just off Raritan…

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Bernardsville 100 – A Birthday Party – Ah the History

1924 is the year Bernardsville passed a resolution to separate from Bernards Township and form an independent borough. Just a…

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#911neverforget in the Somerset Hills

On the clear crisp morning at 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, the first plane hit the North Tower, and…

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Westfield Penny Postcards

Walk down memory lane as we journey back to a time when Westfield was a much younger community. "Penny postcards"…

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Loved Businesses Lost In Westfield – The H-GOAT GAME

How about a game? A fun game. A game that mixes history and memories and will take you back to…

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The Hall-Mills Murder: The Country’s First Sensationalized Trial

Television executives have always known people have an obsession with true crime. It is quite possible that this obsession can…

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