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Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many of our … seven building tours all include the Willa Cather Childhood Home. Please check our hours of operation when planning your …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Willa Cather Childhood Home | April 2024 Image Guided Tours to Follow Special Events Saturday, Jun 8, 2024 | 1:30 …
Posted: 05/13/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

One-Day Bus Tour to the National Willa Cather Center

… Events Tuesday, Sep 16, 2025 | All day CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … event is SOLD OUT! Join us for a full day in Red Cloud, home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather! On this … round-trip transportation, lunch and dinner, guided tours of historic sites, access to permanent exhibits, and …
Posted: 03/05/2024
Last Updated: 09/05/2025

Childhood Home Tour

… Image Image Image Childhood Home Tour Understand Cather's Youth The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a short walk or drive from the National Willa Cather Center. Tours last approximately 30 minutes.  Book a Tour Located at … in 1884, when Charles Cather moved his family into town from their Webster county homesteading site.  Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Willa Cather Childhood Home

… National Historic Landmark The Childhood Home, the treasure of our restored buildings, contains many family artifacts … bedroom, which closely resembles Thea Kronborg's in  The Song of the Lark . Willa is believed to have wallpapered this room …
Posted: 07/16/2014
Last Updated: 08/22/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … will resume in March of 2024. Guests who book a tour in the early weeks of that month will have an opportunity to see … 150 Years of Willa Cather Perhaps best known for her novels My Ántonia , O Pioneers! and Death Comes for the …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023   Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation … years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023

Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration

… The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national treasure, one of only twenty-two National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska … years. The Cather house is vividly described in The Song of the Lark , “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years.” The National …
Posted: 07/21/2022
Last Updated: 09/06/2023

Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites

…  exhibit, and the town tour while providing bonus collections material, historical photos and audio tour … do so—digitally! The virtual  Preservation Tour  on our National Willa Cather Center mobile app features historic … for the Humanities CARES Act and SHARP grants.  To learn more, click here. Web-App Access for Desktops Virtual …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/19/2023

Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… Image Image Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators February 7, 2020 Visit Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s …
Posted: 02/07/2020
Last Updated: 02/13/2020

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