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New sculpture placed at Mark Twain Riverfront Park after six months of work
WETM Elmira via Yahoo News· 3 months agoELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — A new sculpture depicting Quarry Farm, Mark Twain’s summer home, is finished...
The Leaning Tower of Elmira: Did Mark Twain write at West First Street residence?
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 3 months agoI was recently asked about a house on the northeast corner of College Avenue and West First Street....
Chemung Canal Trust Company backed up New York City banks, grew into Elmira institution
The Star Gazette via Yahoo Finance· 4 weeks agoHow high is it? “It’s a long way up, no matter the measure. From the bottom of the foundation to the...
The McCann family were prominent figures in history of Elmira Heights and Chemung County
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf one stands at Mark Twain’s grave in Woodlawn Cemetery and looks east, down the hill, an enormous boulder stands among the gravestones on the road below. It marks the burial site of George ...
Buckled bridges, destroyed homes: 1972 flood transformed Elmira, Corning into 'war zone'
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFifty years after Tropical Storm Agnes decimated the region, the impact of the catastrophic flooding...
New book by local author recounts Twain's experiences in the Falls, WNY
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 22—When famed author, writer, newspaperman and satirist Mark Twain enjoyed his first "Day at Niagara" in 1869, he encountered signs of frustration just about every place he visited. As ...
Bargain bonanza: 15 cities revealed where home prices are falling amid soaring mortgage rates
NY Post via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoDreams of owning a home might seem dashed for many Americans in the face of soaring house prices....