2019 Fall Magazine – Back to School

Mr. Local History Online Magazine – a free magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey.

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Historic 1912 Bernards Township Town Hall – The Astor Estate in Basking Ridge

Cedar Hill Estate c 1912 built by Samuel Owen. It's interesting why the Township chose Astor Estate when it was…

5 months ago

The Tale of Jersey’s Devil Tree

The Devil Tree of Liberty Corner (Somerset County) The famous Devil Tree in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township.…

3 years ago

UPDATE: Bernards Township Charter Day – Saturday, May 21, 2022

We lost 2019 to Charter Day to storms.We lost 2020 Charter Day to Covid-19. Now we lost 2021 Charter Day…

4 years ago

The Lost Charters of Bernards Township & Bedminster

UPDATE: While we wrote this piece years ago, the Bedminster Charter came back in the news on October 21, 2019,…

5 years ago

Haunted Roots – The Horror Tale of the Devil Tree in Central New Jersey

  Listen in as we welcome award-winning journalist and Walking Dead actor Matt Ryan, along with filmmaker Will Cook, as…

5 years ago

Bernards Township Charter Day – May 15, 2021 CANCELLED

We lost 2019 to Charter Day to storms.We lost 2020 Charter Day to Covid-19. Now we lost 2021 Charter Day…

7 years ago

1912 Astor Estate in Basking Ridge Selected as 6th Wooden Historic Village Keepsake

Exclusively Sold by the Mr. Local History Project. Order yours online now. Mr Local History is proud to announce the…

7 years ago

Shop for a Cause

Support Local History by getting #JUSTONEITEM. It makes a huge difference! The Mr. Local History Project is a 100% all…

7 years ago

Recreating the Historic Charter of Bernardston

Historic documents often meet their tragic endings swiftly and tragically. In 1850, Bernards Township was known to have had a…

9 years ago

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