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Elmira Turns to Mark Twain for Economic Uplift
Elmira New York hopes to spark a revival by leveraging Mark Twain's legacy. City leaders promote Twain’s summers here and his works, staging a Mark Twain Festival, parade and events to attract visitors. Tourism officials note steady daily information booth traffic while warning tourism cannot replace manufacturing jobs.
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Elmira
N.Y
Mark Twain
Klapproth
Elmira Reformatory
Twain
Jervis Langdon
New York-Pennsylvania
Aloha
Huckleberry Finn
the Mississippi
Tom Sawyer
Rudyard Kipling
Hartford
Conn
Robert Jerome
Mark Twain Society
Elmira College
Langdon
Woodlawn
Herbert Wisbey
Hannibal
Holly Hewitt
Chemung County
Chamber of Commerce
Hewitt
Larry Bowman