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Three Local Quizzes Test Your Localness

Do you live in Bedminster, Bernards Township or Bernardsville and think you know your local history? If you do, we've…

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Holiday Cards – Basking Ridge & Bernardsville Villages Support Non-Profit

The Mr. Local History project offers exclusive holiday cards, with artwork by local resident Linda Arnold, featuring the villages of…

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The Blessing of the Hounds – A Countryside Tradition

An annual tradition for the Essex Fox Hounds of Peapack, New Jersey Blessing of the Hounds Back in 2007, before…

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Thanksgiving Meet – Horses, Hounds and Foxes Before Turkey – A Countryside Tradition

President George Washington proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789, the last Thursday of November that year, to be a “day of public…

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Origins of Cold as Balls and Cold as a Witch’s Teet

The phrase "cold as balls" reportedly comes from the contraction of metal on ship's cannons, causing the iron balls to…

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John Morton – General Washington’s Rebel Banker Hid in Basking Ridge

John Morton was a Colonel in the Continental Army. Still, he gave up his commission in 1761 to become a…

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Jersey’s History with Bar Room Shuffleboard

Isn't it interesting how history becomes history. Take for example pay phones. When you were using them, you never thought…

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Make a Donation – Get a Historic Map as our Gift

Make a Tax Deductible Donation - Get a Frameable Map Finding New Ways to Share Local History.We call it "Maps…

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10 More Haunted Tales From Central New Jersey

Believe it or not, the dead is alive in central New Jersey especially in northern Somerset County. The question is…

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Jersey’s History Bucket List

Wow, this story was one of our most controversial and difficult stories we've ever prepared. Just the thought of picking…

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