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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… Image The Burlington Depot is on several guided tours, including our new My … historic sites and settings —even a longer Country Tour and Prairie Tour! When planning your visit, all tours can be … a year. This unique preserve is a special place to view a sunrise or sunset, absorb the wonders of the vast night sky, …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways

… Image Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways October 21, 2020 Autumn is one of the best times of year to visit Red Cloud. Sunrises linger over the brick façades of … experience with historic and cultural attributes, unique lodging and dining, and a spectacular prairie landscape far …
Posted: 10/19/2020
Last Updated: 05/20/2021

Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, … at the George Cather home (now a bed and breakfast) and Pavelka Farmstead . They also watched a special screening of the …
Posted: 10/23/2019
Last Updated: 11/21/2019

Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper

… Nebraska and the Willa Cather Foundation, the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center provided expert technical … Writing to her brother Roscoe from Maine in 1945, Cather mused: "I have a funny little room in the attic here, with a … while employed at Dr. Cook's drugstore. She would later write the bedroom description, and a papering experience, …
Posted: 07/02/2019
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Soundstitching: Sites and Sounds of Willa Cather's World

… Cassia Kite's distinctive Soundstitching process allows visitors to experience Willa Cather's world in a whole new way. Soundstitching: …
Posted: 03/15/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Omaha to Red Cloud Bus Tour

… Image Wednesday, Jun 24, 2015 | 7am - 9:30pm Willa Cather Foundation 413 North Webster St. Red Cloud , NE … Willa Cather! On this one-day bus trip, you will be able to experience the beautiful “Divide” and tour Cather’s … of Shell gas station) 10:30 AM Arrive on “The Divide” and visit the Pavelka Farm (weather permitting) 11:45 AM Lunch …
Posted: 05/15/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

World-renowned Opera Soprano, Sarah Arneson, to perform in Red Cloud

… hour concert features many composers who were alive during Willa Cather’s lifetime, including one of her favorite … Prize winner William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and Experience . Sarah also founded an award-winning chamber … please call the Red Cloud Opera House at 402-746-2641 or visit www.WillaCather.org. Programming for the Cather …
Posted: 09/21/2015
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

National Willa Cather Center is Open: Plan Your Visit!

… Image National Willa Cather Center is Open: Plan Your Visit! June 3, 2017 The newly opened National Willa Cather Center is an arts and cultural center that serves as … Opera House Hike and picnic at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie   Spend a relaxing evening at the Cather Second Home …
Posted: 06/13/2017
Last Updated: 07/11/2022

National Willa Cather Center

… Image National Willa Cather Center Advancing Her Legacy The National Willa Cather … sunset at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Explore scenic country roads on a Cather "Country Tour" of outlying … Home Guest House Browse the bookstore and gift shop Guided Tours Hours of Operation American Bittersweet The Life & …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/14/2026

Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Please check our hours of operation when planning your visit, and be sure to scroll through the full list of tour … K-12 students! Whether it is a special stop to the restored Pavelka Farmstead or a fun "guess the gadget" game, we are here to …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

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