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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… Guided Seven Building Town Tour Driving Tour Guests should have their own … household items throughout the home. Burlington Depot 437 W. Welsch Street Cather uses the depot in many of her …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/11/2025

Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… Tour This guided tour option includes the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and … Home , visitors will walk through rooms containing Cather family artifacts while learning about the Cather family's … are invited to shop in our bookstore, walk through the art gallery, or spend time in our permanent exhibit,  American …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… our own!  Important! Through traffic will be directed to detour off of both Highway 281 and Highway 136. If you intend … remain open, although parking on Webster Street near our building may be limited. See "Getting to the the NWCC" … on Hwy 281: Stay on Webster Street and turn left on West 7th Avenue.  Turn left again on Cedar Street. 1/2 block …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

Finding Aids

… for download. Betty Kort Collection Date range:  1762-1973 Bulk dates:  1918-1943 Finding Aid created by Tracy … 1880   Document TEX-250-391-053 Financial Agreements, Clark Cather and George P. Cather   1878-1882   Document … Cordially yours, Willa Cather Dust jacket very good   The Song of the Lark BK-50-308 Willa Cather 1915 1st printing …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… 1886-1963), circa 1925. Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View January 7, 2026 After the holidays, many of us will … our thoughts to setting goals and making a fresh start in a new year. In 1913, Willa Cather was doing the same thing. …
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 … Please check our hours of operation when planning your visit, and be sure to scroll through the full list of tour … her quaint childhood home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and backgrounds are …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

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

… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa … to grow heritage tourism in Red Cloud around the life and literary legacy of Willa Cather, the Hotel Garber project …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Burlington Depot

… original two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her last years in … story of the Burlington in Red Cloud!   Watch our virtual tour of the 2021 restoration and preservation work at this …
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. … in the Starke Round Barn with Hear Nebraska’s Good Living Tour video crew. Watch her perform the soothing, uplifting song “When I Fall” inside the historic building.   Listen to Edem Soul Music! ADA Accessibility The …
Posted: 11/13/2023
Last Updated: 11/21/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about … Willa Cather Childhood Home reopened for tours on December 7, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s 150th birthday. The … and extensive repairs to the windows and doors sealed the building envelope, which will limit exposure to the elements …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

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