Hometown History NJ
A podcast about the historic places and events that make a town someplace people call home. hometownhistory.substack.com
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Written and produced by Ryan Ross and Katie Feather. Mixed and edited by Katie Feather. Theme music is La Danse Timide by Howard Harper-Barnes.
Our website is hometownhistory.substack.com and hometownhistorynj.com. We’re on instagram @hometownhistorynj.
Thanks for listening!
To hear more, visit hometownhistory.substack.com
Written and produced by Ryan Ross and Katie Feather. Mixed and edited by Katie Feather. Theme music is La Danse Timide by Howard Harper-Barnes.
Our website is hometownhistory.substack.com and hometownhistorynj.com. We’re on instagram @hometownhistorynj.
Thanks for listening!
To hear more, visit hometownhistory.substack.com
Written and produced by Ryan Ross and Katie Feather. Mixed and edited by Katie Feather. Theme music is La Danse Timide by Howard Harper-Barnes.
Special thanks to Gina Sampaio and Elizabeth Cole at the Red Mill Museum Village, and Dave Harding and Pam Robinson at the Hunterdon County Historical Society. Additional thanks to Doug Martin and Janice Armstrong.
Our website is hometownhistory.substack.com and hometownhistorynj.com. We’r...
Hometown History NJ is working on Season 2, focused on NEW stories in a NEW town in nearby Hunterdon County.
Clinton, N.J. is a town that has withstood changes in industry and culture. It now stands as a symbol of the pioneering American spirit still alive today. Check out Season 2 to hear more about the the iconic people, places and events that make Clinton, N.J. someplace people call home.
Full episodes will launch on May 7th!
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When choosing a new hometown, it’s probably a good idea to know which town you’re choosing.
When I first purchased a house in Mendham, I didn’t quite realize that it was one of two towns. Yes, there were two Mendham’s on the map, but I came from California where I didn’t have townships or boroughs, and hadn’t really any thought to the names ...
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Outside of New York City, New Jersey has some of the oldest restaurants in the U.S. Sitting near the top of that list is an institution that started out as an Inn waaaay back in 1743, but has weathered more than one storm to become an icon of Mendham: The Black Horse.
For those who don’t know, the Black Horse Tavern and Pub is essentially th...
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In the fall of 1919 Thomas Loughlin was tired and worried. In all his years of selling cider in New Jersey - first in Newark, now here in Mendham - it had never been harder to turn a profit.
Twenty years ago, business had been booming. The year 1904 in particular had produced a bumper crop of the best apples New Jersey had ever seen. Not so...
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One of the oldest aerial photographs of Mendham highlights a specific building.
Maybe you’ve driven by it picking up your kids from school, or you’ve been in it during a Sunday service.
It’s a white steepled church on a hill. And regardless of your spiritual beliefs, it stands as one of the iconic symbols of Mendham.
So when my producer Kat...
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Working on this podcast about hometowns has me thinking a lot about why people move to Mendham. So I started asking everybody I talked to about their first impressions of this place.
MELISSA: I thought it was the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen
Melissa Saharko moved to Mendham with her family from the DC area back in 2017.
MELISSA: We lo...
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You know when someone asks you "Where are you from?"
Maybe you’re sitting on an airplane getting chummy with the person next to you. Or you’re at a dinner party chatting it up with some people you just met. That question will usually pop up.
How do you answer?
I’ve lived all over the world, and my answer usually starts with “Well, how much t...
Coming May 8th:
Drive through east of Morristown NJ about 15 minutes, and you'll see an iconic sign highlighting a rich regional and national history. This podcast tells the story of how one New Jersey town evolved since its start in the 1740s, survived through the civil war and prohibition, housed national heroes, excelled in education, and has proven resilient through a series of curious schisms. Produced by Ryan Ross and Katie Fe...
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