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This Week in Wine Country: The Zim House

A history of the mansion owned by Mark Twain's in-laws in Elmira

Before COVID-19, I had coffee with a group of friends every Friday morning at Steve Seaberg’s State Farm insurance office in Langdon Plaza. Sometimes we wondered which part of the Langdon Mansion we were sitting in. After a sleepless night last month with a lot of thinking, I got up to find a floor plan of the old mansion and overlay it on today’s Langdon Plaza to see what was what. The Langdon Mansion is well documented by stereographic views dating from 1878 to 1880. The surviving furniture and decorative accessories are preserved at the Chemung County Historical Society and Quarry Farm, east of Elmira.

FECWPC releases new book

FECWPC releases new book The Leader The Friends of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp recently released a new book titled “Elmira Civil War 1861-1865.” The book illustrates Elmira’s breadth of involvement in the entire period of the Civil War. Elmira was known for its infamous prison camp from 1864 to 1865. After the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861, Elmira was chosen by President Abraham Lincoln as one of three New York State-based training/mustering camps for thousands of volunteers. The book was written and compiled by Terri Olszowy, edited by Sue Hamlin with graphic design by Marla Lutrick-Anthony and printed locally by Golos Printing. It was made possible by support from community sponsors Tom & Toni Fagart and Ward Filter Systems.