Views: 1,391 First off, a very special thank you to Win Miller, Connie Waygood Borho and John Sling for helping me by providing me copies of their books about Lake Naomi history, as I looked everywhere to find these historical recollection booklets… Read More »Great Books – Lake Naomi & Pocono Mountain History Collection
Views: 4,465 Over 600 Posts Honoring Jersey History “You keep suggestin, We keep researchin’ “ Top 10 MLH Reseearch Posts This Month Top 10 MLH Reseearch Posts Last Year Top MLH Posts All Time #5 Post – All Time #4… Read More »Top 10 Trending Posts Right Now Mr. Local History
Views: 5,899 UPDATE: July 24, 2025The Bernardsville Planning Board met to discuss the Palmer Project, which would demolish the historic Boylan House located on Route 202. The public comment session was just that, a legal process that requires documenting public… Read More »UPDATE: TEAR DOWN ALERT Bernardsville’s Boylan House
Views: 2,345 Step Back in Time at Memorytown USA Tucked away in the rolling hills of the Pocono Mountain region of Pennsylvania, Memorytown USA was once one of the most beloved family attractions in the Poconos. From the 1950s through… Read More »OMG – Memorytown USA in the 60s – Remembering the Mt.Pocono Icon
Views: 1,335 Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Lake Naomi gained popularity, attracting families, religious groups, and campers, including young girls who participated in summer programs that included sailing lessons. Yet it wasn’t until 1963 that the lake’s future was truly… Read More »Sailing Tropies History & Lake Naomi Club Sailing Association
Views: 1,346 Many of us forget that the automobile didn’t really start gaining a presence until the 1920s, so getting around was either by rail or horse-drawn carriage. So if you were coming from Philadelphia or New York City to… Read More »1892 – Getting to the Poconos – Taking The Train
Views: 2,119 The First Pocono Boathouse The story of the Pocono Boathouse retail establishment begins when, in 1965, Frank and Carolyn Betz built a chalet on the north side of Lake Naomi and opened a small but ambitious boating business… Read More »Pocono Boathouse History – A Lake Naomi Institution
Views: 1,908 While my parents caught wind of Lake Naomi in 1963, Logan Boone Steele of Summit, New Jersey, had a vision and became one of the first developers of the modern era in the Pocono Pines area of the… Read More »Retrospective: Lake Naomi, Pocono Pines and The Logan Steele Era 1963- 1986
Views: 1,413 Little background first: In 1895, Lake Naomi was created when Thomas and Rufus Miller constructed a 14-foot dam across Tunkhannock Creek in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Initially intended for ice harvesting and modest recreation, the resulting lake… Read More »The Team That Made the Lake Naomi Development/Community
Views: 1,395 Meet Logan and Lee Steele, the couple behind one of the Poconos’ most beloved private communities, Lake Naomi. Logan Steele wasn’t just a visionary developer; he was a man who saw a wild stretch of woods and lakes… Read More »Meet Logan & Lee Steele: Visionaries of Lake Naomi and Timber Trails
Views: 3,443 As America surged through the transformative decades of the Gilded Age, from the 1870s through the early 1900s, the tranquil forests and mirrored lakes of Tompkinsville and Tobyhanna emerged from obscurity to become a sought-after escape for the… Read More »Pocono Pines and Early Lake Naomi -The Gilded Age (1870s-1963)
Views: 5,915 UPDATE: Wednesday, July 20 –ALL GONE. Our #growlocalhistory sunflower seed pack giveaway is complete. Over 150+ homegrown Basking Ridge sunflower seed packs have been picked up. NOW IT’S UP TO YOU! Plant the seeds NOW in the sun… Read More »Mr. Local History’s #growlocalhistory Project Literally GROWS!
Views: 8,740 New Jersey has a rich history of drive-in theaters, and what you maybe didn’t know is that drive-ins actually started in New Jersey. Yes, it even amazed us! We love Jersey history but we wanted to take you… Read More »The Lost New Jersey Drive Ins
Views: 25,760 Start This Journey with 2 minutes of #burgerporn. Enjoy as we did! Who doesn’t love a good burger? Ah, yes, even the statement opens the door for interpretation. How big, ketchup or not, steamed, fried, broiled, with lettuce—the… Read More »The History of Burgers and Mapping the Best Burgers in America
Views: 3,856 Long Hill Township, in Morris County, is made up of the villages of Stirling, Millington, Gillette, Meyersville, and Homestead Park. Each village has its own unique character, with Stirling serving as the central hub, Millington and Gillette being… Read More »Millington’s Garden State Fireworks Lighting America’s Nights Since 1890