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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… Guided Seven Building Town Tour Driving Tour Guests should have their own … and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tours last approximately 2 hours. Adults: $25.00 Students: … - $10.00  Children: (5 & under) – Free Book a Tour Willa Cather Childhood Home 245 N Cedar Street The Cather family …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/11/2025

Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… Image Guided Three Building Downtown Tour Driving or Walking Tour This guided tour option includes the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, … from site to site. Tours last approximately 60 minutes. Book This Tour Adults: $20.00 Seniors: $16.00 Students: (K - …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes We're open for business during construction! The long-planned Nebraska … still easy to visit the National Willa Cather Center by using the detour routes.  Northbound Hwy 281 will stay on … Webster Street will be limited. To visit the NWCC, please use the following guides to alternate parking and entrances: …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 04/06/2026

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … address books, journals, and sales ledgers for her novels, as well as hundreds of objects that belonged to the … Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska.  Subjects: short stories Cather genealogy Willa Cather personal effects …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… near the intersection of Waverly Place and Bank Street. No photos are extant of Cather's building, but just up the …
Posted: 01/02/2026
Last Updated: 01/21/2026

Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many of our historic sites are open … Ours,  short stories "Neighbour Rosicky" and "Peter," and others, as well as many scenes from Cather's own life—the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… on this year’s Nebraska Passport program.  MAKE A DONATION Learn more about the Hotel Garber project —All gallery …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Burlington Depot

… two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her last years in … work at this important historic site in Red Cloud! 7-Building Tour 3-Building Tour Individual Build Tour Self Guided Tour …
Posted: 07/18/2014
Last Updated: 02/26/2025

Edem Soul Music

Image Edem Soul Music Opera House Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 | 7:30 - 9pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Reserve Tickets Plan to spend the first Saturday in December (and Willa Cather's birthday) listening to Edem …
Posted: 11/13/2023
Last Updated: 11/21/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood … Cather Perhaps best known for her novels My Ántonia , O Pioneers! and Death Comes for the Archbishop , Willa Cather … is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. Events took place across the country throughout 2023-2024 to …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

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