The Chemung County Chamber of Commerce's Trolley into Mark Twain Country begins its 2015 summer tours
on Wednesday, July 1. The trolley is operated as a joint initiative between Chemung County, the Chemung Valley
History Museum, TLC Limo, and the Chemung County Chamber of Commerce, providing tours each summer to
promote tourism in our area.
Guided tours aboard the air-conditioned trolley depart on the hour from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays through
Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, from July 1 through August 29. The trolley will be operating on
July 4. Riders may board from the lobby of the Chemung Valley History Museum, located at 415 East Water
Street in Elmira.
During the tours that depart from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays, and 10 a.m. to noon on
Saturdays, the trolley offers a 60-minute narrated tour of Elmira and its rich history including the Mark Twain
Study, where the author wrote his most famous books; the Civil War Prison Camp site; the Arnot Art Museum;
the Chemung Valley History Museum; the Clemens Center; the beautiful Maple Avenue District and Near
Westside District with their lovely "Painted Lady" homes; and historic Dunn Field. The last trolley tour of each
day offers a different route featuring the Mark Twain Study as well as Twain's gravesite.
Sign-ups for the trolley tour and ticket sales are at the Chemung Valley History Museum information desk,
(607) 734-4167. Adults are $4 and children 12 and younger are $2 when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
For an additional $2, riders may also tour the Chemung Valley History Museum. For
