Bedminster

Most People Don’t Know The Meaning Behind These Town Names

The Mr. Local History Project took a moment out to answer a very simple set of questions, of which we've…

3 years ago

Somerset Hills Cartographer John Smith Maps Local History

National Award-Winning Landscape Architect Lives and Breathes History with His Map Creations. The Mr. Local History Project introduces you to…

3 years ago

Bedminster History – Look To the Old Mellick Farmhouses

If you live in the Somerset Hills area around Bedminster and Tewksbury you hopefully have heard the name Mellick. The…

4 years ago

Why List a Historic District on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places?

The New Jersey Register of Historic Places is the official list of New Jersey's historic resources of local, state, and…

4 years ago

Collectible: Preserving Bedminster’s History with a Special Keepsake – Trump’s Summer Whitehouse

#45-47summerwhitehouse Preserving Bedminster's History - The Mr. Local History Project (MLH) has been preserving and promoting local history since our…

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,…

4 years ago

Vote for Bedminster’s Most Historic Icons

Hey, Bedminster, we'd love your opinion. We're looking to hear what you think are the most historic icons in Bedminster,…

4 years ago

MLH Honors Back to School with Historic School Images From the Somerset Hills

Schools in the Somerset Hills area of northern Somerset County have been a mainstay back to the mid-1700s. We honor…

5 years ago

Before the West Point Military Academy (USMA) There was Pluckemin

America's First Military Academy, the Pluckemin Academy in Bedminster, New Jersey (Dec.1778) was24 Years BEFORE West Point (Mar. 16, 1802).…

5 years ago

A Unique Bedminster Cemetery-“God’s Acre”

So we're over at the Bedminster Farmers Market, and while meeting a few locals, one of the patrons mentioned, "Why…

6 years ago

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