Views: 1,750 In the mid-1930s, after the Schley Field opened for Glider Competitions, the glider game changed. However, there was a glider field just east in the same town, which began attracting aviators to the Lyons section of Bernards Township.… Read More »Gliders Soar at Historic Schley Field in Liberty Corner, New Jersey
Views: 856 🧵 The “Lyons (France) of New Jersey” Then came industry. In July 1910 the Bernardsville News ran a whimsical headline: “The Lyons of New Jersey.” The article announced the arrival of “Big Bob” McCullough of Paterson, a larger-than-life… Read More »The Lost Lake Beneath the Hills: The Forgotten Silk City of Pluckemin
Views: 841 11/9/2025 Update: The offer is now suspended due to a lack of interest. Deposits have been refunded. If there is an organization willing to order at least 25 units, please contact Mr. Local History directly. Thanks to those… Read More »Collectible: Warren’s Egg-O-Mat Coming to NJ Historic Wooden Village- Pre Orders Underway
Views: 1,185 In the early 1700s, German Lutherans settled around Pluckemin and established one of the region’s first congregations. By 1715, they had built a small log church on what is the Second Watchung Mountain, known also as Pigtail Mountain,… Read More »The Hills Church & Cemetery & Pluckemin’s Pigtail Mountain
Views: 582 With America’s 250th anniversary just around the corner, there’s no better time to recognize great American history about what we’ve coined “The Greatest Story Never Told” about the American Revolution – The Academy that came 24 years before… Read More »Share Bedminster Cantonment History With A Pocket Park – America 250 Ideas
Views: 1,450 It was a cold, winterish April afternoon at the Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, as a very special guest came to tell his story about what has become a signature event in the history of the… Read More »Historic Moment at the Pluckemin Cantonment – Archeologist Finds His Mark
Views: 15,268 Tucked below the Hills on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township, New Jersey, sits a turreted French Norman-style castle known to locals as Pharelock Castle. Very few locals remember the sad story about… Read More »Bill Beatty and the Hills Haunted Phareloch Castle
Views: 2,462 🏈 The Ridge–Bernards Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl Rivalry. We could hold our tongue no more. It needs to come back so we had to tell the history and why we’d love to get it back. Small-Town Thanksgiving Tradition… Read More »Bring Back the Thanksgiving Ridge vs. Bernards Turkey Bowl
Views: 3,796 👻 The 3rd Floor “Spirit of the Astor Estate” in Basking Ridge. A spirit has haunted owners and workers wandering the third floor causing ghostly havoc at times.Reported by a number of Bernards Township Employees at the Astor… Read More »Paranormal Oddities at Basking Ridge’s Astor Estate Town Hall
Views: 7,716 The 2025 Fall Foliage Map is the ultimate visual planning guide to the annual progression of leaf change. While no tool can be 100% accurate, this tool is designed to help travelers better time their trips to maximize their chances… Read More »Day Trips – Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See
Views: 3,099 The series I’ve been researching began as an effort to rebuild my youthful memories of growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos starting in the 1960s. As the stories came together, I wanted to start an online… Read More »Lake Naomi & the Poconos – A Personal Pocono History Series
Views: 3,234 This story is part of a series I’ve been researching, as I rebuild my youthful memories growing up on Lake Naomi in the Poconos. As the series comes together, there is an associated Facebook Group, called Lake Naomi Memories,… Read More »Memories Growing Up On Lake Naomi and Pocono Pines, PA
Views: 891 Nostalgic & Personal As a kid, summers at Lake Naomi were my whole world. That’s where I first learned to handle a Sunfish, skimming across the water with the wind in my sail. Just down the road was… Read More »Pocono Lake vs. Lake Naomi – Tale of Two Lake Communities & Religious History
Views: 880 Picture it: a warm afternoon on the water, a flash of colorful sail skimming across the waves. Chances are, it’s a Sunfish, the little boat that became a global phenomenon. By 1977, a year after OpSail in NYC… Read More »The Sunfish Sailboat – Fortune Magazine’s Top 25 Best Designed Products
Views: 761 While the summer is a beautiful time for recreation in the Poconos, the fall is IMHO the most beautiful time in the Poconos. No need to drive all the way to Vermont, you’ve got it right here in… Read More »What’s The Pocono Plateau- Visiting a Beautiful Ice Age Remnant