Elmira Compact – Or, Speaking of Voter Fraud
By Diane Janowski © copyright - all rights reserved I may be the only person who knows what the “Elmira Compact” was, although there...
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Chemung History
Elmira, New York
Diane Janowski
Jul 103 min read
The Mountain House and Frenchman’s Cross
by Diane Janowski, Elmira City Historian The Mountain House, located about three miles west of Elmira, was a famous roadhouse in the...
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Diane Janowski
Jun 204 min read
Bears and Monkeys in Elmira
By Diane Janowski, Elmira City Historian A bear pit was completed at Eldridge Park the last week of June 1891. Two caverns and a pen were...
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Diane Janowski
Jun 204 min read
Made in Elmira and Chemung County
by Diane Janowski Over the years, many fine products have been made locally. If you grew up here, you learned about our fire hydrants,...
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