Mr. Local History 2024 Fall Magazine Vol 6. Issue 3

1 year ago

Our Fall 2024 cover photo pays homage to the history of the Somerset Hills area in Northern Somerset County, New…

The Lost Westfield Airport In Union County

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Just like the racetrack that was on the southern end of Westfield in the 1930s, another lost icon, the Westfield…

Lost Racetrack Series: Auto Racing’s 10,000 Seat Track In Union, New Jersey

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Jersey Lost Racetrack Series We found a story in the Paterson Call newspaper on April 22, 1936, stating that on…

Retrospective: Auto Racing on Jersey’s Westfield-Clark Border

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Jersey Lost Racetrack Series For a short period, racecar drivers from all over the tri-state area gathered just off Raritan…

Bernardsville 100 – A Birthday Party – Ah the History

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1924 is the year Bernardsville passed a resolution to separate from Bernards Township and form an independent borough. Just a…

#911neverforget in the Somerset Hills

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On the clear crisp morning at 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, the first plane hit the North Tower, and…

Westfield Penny Postcards

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Walk down memory lane as we journey back to a time when Westfield was a much younger community. "Penny postcards"…

Vote for Westfield’s Most Historic Icons

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Time to see what Westfielders feel are the most historic icons in town. Is it The Westfield train station, Rialto…

Loved Businesses Lost In Westfield – The H-GOAT GAME

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How about a game? A fun game. A game that mixes history and memories and will take you back to…

The Hall-Mills Murder: The Country’s First Sensationalized Trial

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Television executives have always known people have an obsession with true crime. It is quite possible that this obsession can…

Egypt Hill, Brown’s Pond and The Great Loves of My Childhood in Westfield, New Jersey

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The Westfield (NJ) Historical Society presented 'My Recollections of Westfield, ' or, as I transcribed it, Frank Betz's recollections of his childhood…

The Secret Peapack Caves Caverns & Grottos

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Investigating the tales of lost caves in Peapack, New Jersey, our first visit was to Town Hall in mid-2006, and…

America’s First Nudist Colony is in Basking Ridge New Jersey

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Founded in 1932 and situated on 38 acres in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, Go Figure is glad to know that…

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