Mr. Local History Online Magazine – a free magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey.
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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 USA!!! NEW FOR 2025 The New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Village Collection… Read More »The New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Keepsake Collection Keeps Expanding
While attending a program entitled “Early American Schoolhouses” at the Brick Academy in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, the instructor passed out handouts that discussed rules for students, teachers, and punishments in 1872. Meg Wastie, program coordinator at the Museum of Early… Read More »Student Rules Then and Now
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 USA!!! The New Jersey Historic Wooden Keepsake Village Collection The New Jersey… Read More »The Exclusive New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Keepsake Collection
Whether you’re a banker, national political figure, CEO, or farmer, the Somerset Hills has provided commercial opportunities for centuries. From C. Ledyard Blair and Jackie Kennedy to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Charles Pfizer, the Somerset Hills business community… Read More »Top 10 Most Historic Businesses in the Somerset Hills, New Jersey
Congratulations, Basking Ridge and Bernardsville, on being the foundation for the New Jersey Historical Wooden Village collection, a group of over 40 Jersey collectibles. Each keepsake brings awareness to historic area icons created by the world-famous Cat’s Meow Village and… Read More »Bernards Township/Bernardsville Historic Wooden Village Keepsake Collectibles
Urban Legends, Ghosts, Murder, Nuns gone insane, the Devil and other horror stories we’ve dug up from Central New Jersey’s past. May be urban legends, but they’re OUR stories! When the leaves start turning and the nights get cooler, ghost… Read More »Legendary Horror Tales and Ghost Stories from Central New Jersey
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 Winter Cantonment, part of the overall Middlebrook Encampment of 1778-1779. One of… Read More »Before the West Point Military Academy (USMA) There was Pluckemin
Realtors History Guide to Selling Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, Bedminster and the Rest of the Somerset Hills, New Jersey It probably comes as no surprise that realtors have a fairly easy time selling homes in Bernards Township and the surrounding Somerset… Read More »History Helps Realtors Sell Real Estate
Support Local History by getting #JUSTONEITEM. It makes a huge difference! The Mr. Local History Project is a 100% all volunteer effort. We’re also a federally and state recognized 501c3 non-profit organization. Our fundraising has taken a serious hit due… Read More »Shop for a Cause
Coloring book fans now have the opportunity to color the local history of the Somerset Hills area of New Jersey while learning about the area’s historic sites and most memorable moments. What was in the works for almost 10 years, the Somerset… Read More »Somerset Hills History Coloring Book
Update:The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in New Jersey will make its national television debut in Ken Burns’ upcoming PBS documentary series “The American Revolution.” The historic building, located in downtown Mount Holly, will be featured in the fourth episode in… Read More »Mapping New Jersey’s Historic Schoolhouses