Indeed, the hotel was memorable. At the opening banquet on March 23, 1929, S.F. Iszard remarked that “As a whole, the Mark Twain is most fascinating to me.

One of the most frequent visitors to the Rathbun Hotel was Mark Twain where he spent many hours playing billiards in the Mayfair Room. Elmira's 1868 directory lists 64 hotels.

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — The owner of the Historic Near Westside Historic District and director of Mark Twain tours welcomed people to step back in time for a new special guided tour through the ...

Mark Twain Motor Inn nearby things to do and places to eat. Mark Twain Motor Inn Local Info- Elmira, NY Hotels: Travel Weekly The Travel Industry's Trusted Voice ...

For a schedule of Twain lectures, call the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College, 607-735-1941 or e-mail twaincenterelmira.edu This story was originally published May 24, 2010 at 12:00 AM.

The City of Elmira, about a three-hour drive from Buffalo, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. In addition to the variety of special events planned throughout the year to ...

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – Developer Jim Capriotti gave us a tour of the first major renovations inside the former Mark Twain Hotel in 50 years. “The last time anything material happened in these ...

Mark Twain's grave and family gravesite at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, NY. Heather Ainsworth Although Mark Twain has a significant historical tie to the area, Elmira has a strong connection to ...

Hey, Matt: If I remember correctly, a daughter of Mark Twain was living at the Bahia Hotel in the early ’70s. If that’s true, he didn’t outlive all of his children. — Becky Thatcher, San Diego ...

Joseph Lemak, director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College, stands in front of Quarry Farm, Twain's summer home in Elmira. A $50,000 grant will help the Quarry Farm Foundation ...