What is the topic I, as city historian, receive the most questions about? Easy, the razing of the Langdon home in 1939.
86 months ago

Ida Langdon, a niece of Mark Twain's wife, died today at Arnot‐Ogden Hospital after a brief illness. She was 83 years old.
82 months ago

Over the last few days, I've been stopping over to Hertel Avenue to check on the progress of the Eduardo Kobra mural, which got underway...
65 months ago

Images: Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, left, with John T. Lewis. 1903. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), in 1904, was showing a photograph to a...
6 months ago

Explore Jane Austen, Mark Twain, and William Shakespeare, or courses on science fiction, stand-up comedy, and writing about Rock & Roll.
27 months ago

As a devoted Mark Twain fan, I've made several pilgrimages to his hometown of Hannibal, Missouri, each visit deepening my admiration for the...
5 months ago

Mark Twain and his long-time friend John T. Lewis, the inspiration for the character "Jim" in "Huckleberry Finn", New York, 1903.
27 months ago

Quarry Farm is located in Elmira, New York. In 1869, Jervis Langdon purchased it as a vacation home for his family.
38 months ago

Blog post by Susan W. Greene, MA '94. Dr. Ida Langdon (MA 1910, PhD 1912). In the 1930s, Cornell University's College of Home Economics...
82 months ago

Joseph Marion Langdon was the son of Britton Langdon, Jr. and Margaret Delaney Adams. He was married three times; Susan Elizabeth Denning; Sally Ann Cobb...
2 months ago