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Experience America’s Literary Legacy

… - Willa Cather, letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood Red Cloud, Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where … she was, in her own words, “always being pulled back into Nebraska.” You will be, too. BOOK THE CATHER SECOND HOME … and absorb the rolling prairie landscape in Red Cloud, Nebraska: the home of Willa Cather. Upon your arrival, you …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 12/01/2025

Willa Cather Timeline

… near a site that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871  — In Silas Garber’s dugout, Webster County … the Little Blue and Republican rivers in south central Nebraska, 16 miles northwest of Red Cloud. Charles and Mary … name to “Willa” later.  Silas Garber is elected governor of Nebraska. 1874  — Willa Cather and her parents move into the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections

… of materials pulled from the collections of the National Willa Cather Center and the Webster County Historical Museum. Our … the lumberyard. In our Cather-focused world, we often think about Red Cloud as a sort of time capsule, largely unchanged …
Posted: 02/25/2022
Last Updated: 05/23/2023

Volunteer Appreciation & Recruitment Cocktail Hour

… Image Image Opera House Saturday, Feb 26, 2022 | 5:30 - 7pm Red Cloud Opera House Gallery 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970-2466 …
Posted: 02/08/2022
Last Updated: 02/22/2022

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