by admin | May 6, 2025 | Mark Twain in Elmira, Quarry Farm
Originally posted by: Matt Seybold on November 19, 2016 Thanksgiving dinner at Quarry Farm in 1897 was planned by Susan Crane and described on elegant cards featuring the family cats. A surviving copy of these menu cards, located in the Mark Twain Archive at Elmira...
by admin | Apr 28, 2025 | Quarry Farm, The Study
Originally posted by: Frances Millard on June 28, 2018 Here is the story of a 15′ x 11’6” Mahal Carpet once belonging to the Langdon family, how it came to me, and how it was restored through the generosity of Charlotte and Leo Landhuis. In 1988, I was cleaning and...
by admin | Apr 27, 2025 | Quarry Farm
Originally posted by: Elise Johnson-Schmidt on June 29, 202 In 1868, Jervis Langdon, father-in-law of Mark Twain, purchased a simple farmhouse and the grounds that surrounded it as a retreat for his family. Later named Quarry Farm, it was regularly modified from the...