Mr. Local History Online Magazine – a free magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey.
Views: 14,453 Special Community Ask: MLH would love to know any positive outcomes that have come since. If you have a story to share, please post at the end of this story (e.g. did you know four children were born… Read More »#911neverforget-Somerset Hills Family Friends and Neighbors & Their Stories
Views: 1,165 Delicious Heights Bedminster, New Jersey – Sunday October 1, 2023 3:30 – 5pm SIPPING THE SOMERSET HILLS: A HISTORY AND TASTINGS EVENT UPDATE: “It was a fantastic event. Do it again!” WHAT A GREAT EVENT! Great historic tavern,… Read More »Sipping The Somerset Hills – A History and Tasting Event
Views: 1,705 If you live in Bernards Township, New Jersey, the Mr. Local History Project has written a few stories about the founding families of Basking Ridge for new residents to learn the history of the early Scottish and Dutch… Read More »Basking Ridge’s Genealogist and Historian, Gets Digitized
Views: 5,873 Wouldn’t it be great you could gather a bunch of locals from the area to tell stories of how it used to be in the area? Maybe you grew up here? Whether you’re a teller or a listener,… Read More »Elder Voices Roundtable is BACK
Views: 6,875 The Mayor of New Jersey’s Historic Keepsake Village has decreed a new icon be added to the New Jersey Historic Wooden Village Collection expanding the exclusive set of New Jersey collectible icons. Introducing the “Winter and Christmas Eve… Read More »Keepsake: 100th Basking Ridge Christmas Eve Carol on the Green
Views: 6,662 It’s revered. It has its origins in Central and South America dating back to the 1500s and originated in the region that is now modern-day Mexico. Indigenous peoples in Central and South America, such as the Aztecs and… Read More »History of the Jersey Tomato
Views: 1,738 It wouldn’t come as a surprise to most people that mining is the most prevalent industrial sector in Somerset County. According to mining database, “thediggings.com,” there have been 17 separate mining companies in Somerset County since the founding… Read More »The Bridgewater Copper Mines
Views: 5,014 As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn additional facts and are sent photos from our community. We will continue to expand this piece as information becomes available. If you have any stories… Read More »English Farm – Liberty Corner’s Historic Gem
Views: 6,246 HELP THIS STORY: Still looking for photos of the beer garden or any photos post 1970. Also still researching the sale date to Warren Township and the final tear down date. Contact Us if you know so we… Read More »Retrospective: Warren’s Schwaebische Alb