Peapack Gladstone

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…

2 years ago

Horror Tales and Ghost Stories from Central New Jersey

Urban Legends, Ghosts, Murder, Nuns gone insane, the Devil and other horror stories we've dug up from Central New Jersey's…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

Peapack has a Jacobs Ladder too!

To expand on an earlier post: The PLOT THICKENS... Jacob's Ladder #2 - So I kept digging about Jacobs Ladder.…

2 years ago

Blairsden- The Horror, The Nuns and Other Urban Legends

Weird New Jersey magazine launched an all-out attack with urban legends about what went terribly wrong inside the Blairsden Estate…

2 years ago

Retrospective: Lost & Torn Down Memories From the Somerset Hills

As with all Mr. Local History retrospectives, we often update the post when we learn stories and are sent photos…

2 years ago

Retrospective: Snowstorms and Sledding in Somerset County New Jersey

Snow is an interesting thing. Some love it. Some hate it. But when there's a major storm in the area,…

3 years ago

Day Trips – Four Historic New Jersey Fall Locations You Must See

Fall in New Jersey has always been one of the best times to traverse the state and take in some…

3 years ago

New Jersey Hills are Alive with Distilling History

Distilling in Central New Jersey New Jersey has a deep history of distilling spirits that goes back to colonial times.…

3 years ago

Holiday Engagement? Historic Wedding Venues in Central New Jersey

T'is the season for engagements right? So why not share some of the most historic wedding venues in the Somerset…

3 years ago

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