Post Views: 5,522 Distilling in the Somerset Hills New Jersey has a deep history in distilling spirits that goes back to colonial times. The Somerset Hills is a area in central New Jersey’s Somerset County grouping six similar towns, villages,… Read More »New Jersey Hills are Alive with Distilling History
Post Views: 2,153 Many people have written over the years looking for places to hold a wedding on a historic property in the Somerset Hills. The area includes Bedminster, Bernards Township, Bernardsville, Far Hills, Peapack & Gladstone. So we’ve been… Read More »Weddings @ Historic Venues in New Jersey’s Bucolic Somerset Hills
Post Views: 144,179 In a sleepy horse and farming area in the Somerset Hills of central New Jersey, the former President of the United States still comes to summer at a house with a storied history. The Trump National Golf… Read More »LIV Golf 2022 and The History of President Trump’s Summer White House in Bedminster, New Jersey
Post Views: 8,914 Bedminster, Bernardsville, Basking Ridge, Far Hills, Peapack/Gladstone also known as The Somerset Hills. It’s time for a real discussion on where to get the best things based on what the LOCALS say! Don’t agree? Post what you… Read More »The Besties – The Best of the Best in Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, Bedminster in Northern Somerset County
Post Views: 1,500 NOTE: As with many Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos from our community. We will continue to expand this piece as information becomes available. Mr. Local… Read More »Honoring Black History Month in the Somerset Hills
Post Views: 1,143 The Mr. Local History Project took a moment out to answer a very simple set of questions of which we’ve learned many people just didn’t know the correct answer. The Somerset Hills is an area of northern… Read More »Most People Don’t Know The Meaning Behind These Town Names
Post Views: 1,853 Snow is an interesting thing. Some love it. Some hate it. But when there’s a major storm in the area there’s the battle between getting a snow day, and whether to play in it or dread dread… Read More »Retrospective: Snowstorms and Sledding in The Somerset Hills
Post Views: 1,353 National Award Winning Landscape Architect Lives and Breathes History with His Map Creations. The Mr. Local History Project introduces you to a dear friend and history connoisseur that has taken cartography to a whole new level overlaying… Read More »Retrospective: Somerset Hills Cartographer John Smith Showcases Local History
Post Views: 2,690 The historic Vanderveer House in Bedminster celebrates the holiday season with Colonial Christmas in 2021. Who likes history? Who likes Christmas? There’s an event that’s been going on just after Thanksgiving for 16 years at a beautifully… Read More »Colonial Christmas Holidays in Bedminster
Post Views: 12,939 If you live in the Somerset Hills area around Bedminster and Tewksbury you hopefully have heard the name Mellick. The Mellick name goes back to one of the founding family names in the area. In fact, the… Read More »Bedminster History – Look To the Old Mellick Farmhouses
Post Views: 1,201 The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of New Jersey’s historic resources of local, state, and national interest. Created by the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Act of 1970 (N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.128 et… Read More »Why List a Historic District on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places?
Post Views: 3,790 New Keepsake: Preserving Bedminster’s History – The Mr. Local History Project (MLH) has been preserving and promoting local history since our non-profit organization was established in 2019. The all volunteer group started a wooden miniature keepsake program… Read More »Collectible: Preserving Bedminster’s History #summerwhitehouse
Post Views: 5,801 UPDATE: While we wrote this piece years ago, the Bedminster Charter came back in the news on October 21, 2019 when it was announced that the Forbes family was donating the charter back to Bedminster Township. The… Read More »The Lost Charters of Bernards Township & Bedminster
Post Views: 1,404 The New Jersey Historic Village keepsake collection is a wood painted collectible series honoring historic iconic buildings, properties, and fixtures that are part of the historic fabric of New Jersey’s history. Each keepsake was selected based on… Read More »Somerset Hills Historic Cat’s Meow Village Collection has Joined the New Jersey Historic Village Miniatures Collection
Post Views: 1,247 Hey Bedminster, we’d love your opinion. We’re looking to hear what the public think’s is the most historic icon in Bedminster. Vote in the Series:Know Bernardsville? Vote for their most historic Click HereKnow Bernards Township? Vote for… Read More »Vote for Bedminster’s Most Historic Icons