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Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… To visit  Red Cloud  is to experience a town and entire landscapes, largely unchanged, as world-famous author Willa … between two major Federal Interstates while at the crossroads of two state highways (one a designated scenic byway), … Cather Center where you can relax in our art gallery or bookstore or begin your tour experience. Our arts and cultural …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Willa Cather Timeline

… Also accompanying the family are Rachel Boak, the hired girl Marjorie (Margie) Anderson, and Willa’s cousins Bess … Isabelle. Getting ready to write a novel about Virginia ( Sapphira and the Slave Girl ), Cather revisits that her native state with …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections

… Collections February 25, 2022 The installation of the Crossroads exhibit, from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main … exhibit that I’m sure our guests will enjoy. Alongside the Crossroads exhibit though is a smaller local exhibition of … in letters to her Red Cloud acquaintances, she wrote about events like those depicted in the exhibit—business openings …
Posted: 02/25/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Volunteer Appreciation & Recruitment Cocktail Hour

… ropes and take part in a special viewing of our new exhibit Crossroads: Change in Rural America , as well as enjoy free … award. Sign up to volunteer for any of the 2022 opera house events and get a free pass to the show of your choice! We'll …
Posted: 02/08/2022
Last Updated: 02/22/2022

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