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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: 10/09/2026

All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… Culture ! When the railroad opened in Red Cloud in 1878, the fortunes of the town were forever changed. Our … two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her last years in … Guests are invited to view the exhibit as part of a guided tour. About the tour …
Posted: 04/30/2026
Last Updated: 07/20/2026

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… Red Cloud project gets underway April 6, 2026. To make your visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center a little easier, we wanted to share NDOT's … in downtown Red Cloud will have alternate routes For Our Lodging Guests Our historic lodging properties are open and …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

Finding Aids

… and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, artifacts, … journals, and rare book collections, as well as items belonging to Willa Cather like letters, clothing, jewelry, … to explore individual objects in the collection! For a broad view of the collections, finding aids are available for …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… work and instead was finishing up proofreading Alexander's Bridge and beginning a new novel, which would become O …
Posted: 01/02/2026
Last Updated: 01/21/2026

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

… its opening week Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED … that helped rehabilitate an empty historic commercial building into a boutique hotel and event center. Leaders … of Willa Cather, the Hotel Garber project raised more than $7 million in charitable gifts and grants. Paired with an …
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

… Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best … She would later write the bedroom description into The Song of the Lark (1915): “The ceiling was so low that a …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Historic Sites

… with Cather's life. Today, our organization owns and operates the nation's largest collection of … author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. … was usually somebody at the piano.” — My Ántonia Red Cloud Opera House Built in 1885 and fully restored in 2003, the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

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