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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D5I_pratt-house_Elmira-NY.html
Pratt House. . Abolitionist Jervis Langdon sold house to Daniel R. Pratt in 1862. Once thought destroyed, house was moved here from E. Union St. CA. 1876.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BM3_mark-twain-watering-trough_Elmira-NY.html
One of four originally located beside the road to Quarry Farm. Moved to the college campus during the bicentennial year, 1976
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BM2_elmira-college_Elmira-NY.html
Founded 1855
First Woman's college in
United States to grant degrees
of full academic standing
equal to those given men
State EducationDepartment 1954
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28GY_mark-twain-in-elmira_Elmira-NY.html
How did Samuel Clemens arrive in Elmira, NY?
Thirty-two-year-old Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) first saw the image of Elmira's Olivia Langdon while traveling on the Quaker City Steamer — a cruise ship charted to visit Europe and the Holy La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P50_military-route_Elmira-NY.html
Military route
of the Sullivan-Clinton
Army on its campaign
against the British
and Indians of Western
New York in 1779.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P4J_soldiers-of-the-american-revolution_Elmira-NY.html
Libertas et PatriaSoldiers of the American RevolutionBuried in this CemeteryLt. Israel Parshall Pa. · Lt. Christopher Denn Pa.Sgt. Daniel McDowell Pa. · Sgt. Alexander Murry N.Y.Pvt. Abraham Brewer N.Y. · Pvt. John Brewe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P46_a-civil-rights-victory_Elmira-NY.html
Newtown Battlefield Preservation has a special place in the history of African Americans' struggle for equality in the United States. When 180 young African-American men of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1251 arrived to work on improvin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2V_medal-of-honor-monument_Elmira-NY.html
[Front]:
John Denny
Sergeant, United States Army
Company B, 9th U.S. Cavalry
Awarded the Medal of Honor
at Las Animas Canyon, New Mexico
18 September 1879
Born 1846 Big Flats, New York
Citation
Removed a wounded comrade under heavy
fire …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2S_ernie-davis_Elmira-NY.html
1961 Heisman Trophy Winner
A football player—-a student
a friend—-a hero
He lived with integrity
and died with courage.
This statue given by his admirer
as an inspiration to the youth of tomorrow.
In memory of a life
full of de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2G_chemung-county-world-war-i-monument_Elmira-NY.html
1914-1918
"What Mean These Stones?"
In honor of the heroes of Chemung County who served in the World War and in memory of these who gave their lives.