Mark Twain Walking Around
By Diane Janowski, Elmira City Historian Historians sometimes lie awake at night, thinking about things. I spent several nights this week...
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Chemung History
Elmira, New York
Diane Janowski
- Jun 18
- 3 min
Louis Leon, Captive at the Elmira Prison Camp
By Diane Janowski, Elmira City Historian Louis Leon was born in Darmstadt, Germany, on November 27, 1841. Louis and his German-born...
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Diane Janowski
- Jun 18
- 2 min
Matthias Hollenback - Elmira’s First Merchant
by Diane Janowski Matthias Hollenback was born on February 15, 1752, in either Virginia or Jonestown, Pennsylvania, depending on the...
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Diane Janowski
- Jun 18
- 3 min
Matron Bruner of City Hall
By Diane Janowski, Elmira City Historian I do a lot of research using old Star-Gazette newspapers. One of the names I often see is Police...
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