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Red Cloud Opera House

… the arrival of traveling productions such as  The Bohemian Girl  and  The Mikado . As Cather herself put it, "Only real … old operas sung by people who were doing their best:  The Bohemian Girl, The Chimes of Normandy, Martha, The Mikado . …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding

… Image Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding December 16, 2022 As we conclude … Silas Garber, their lives and legacy in Red Cloud, and the broader history of the community. In our organization’s early … to eat and plenty of water to wash it down with, but how long can a man subsist on bread and water, besides you say …
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Cather Legacy Society

… and provide financial security to enable us to engage in long-range planning. Your planned gift will benefit visitors … 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, 413 North Webster Street, Red Cloud, Nebraska 68970, to provide funding for (program … Miner Drew Preserving the Miner Legacy It was a chance roadtrip with her father after college that first interested …
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Willa Cather Residency for Writers

… eventually artists of all media—to reside and create in Red Cloud, Nebraska for two weeks. A new initiative of the … National Willa Cather Center, the program reflects the life-long reverence that world-renowned author Willa Cather had … the communities in half of her novels. In a nod to the long road that Willa Cather traveled before she became free to …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Arigon Starr

… was a blast,” Starr says. “I have met so many amazing, great people on the road by doing Music.” Through making … Public Radio, the Native Voice One radio network and the American Indian Radio on Satellite in 2006. The success of … of what I do,” she says. “This all has led me in so many places that I didn’t know I would be. I could never give it …
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Finding Aids

… and Triumphs n/d n/a Cushing, Mary Watkins The Rainbow Bridge 1954 Elsie M. Cather, contains Fremstad clipping … A Romance of the South   Chas. Cather Upham, Thomas C. Abridgement of Mental Philosophy 1873 Private Library Willie …
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The Potter Family

… Potter The Potter Family Five Potter brothers came to Red Cloud to settle the county. John Quincy Potter (1835–1923) came to Red Cloud in 1873 and along with his brother Jacob, began operating the Red Cloud … home in Iowa on August 31st in 1875 and were 5 weeks on the road. We had three covered wagons - two large lumber wagons …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… p. 1  Staff p. 1  Museum News and Donors p. 1  Interesting Visitors p. 2  Nebraska Activities and Publications p. 2  … 2.1  Spring 1958  Editor: Mildred R. Bennett  Officers and Board of Governors p. 1  Staff … Financial Report p. 2  1971 Spring Conference p. 3  Red Cloud's 100th Birthday p. 4  …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson

… School and teaches environmental law while Susan has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather … the organization will achieve in the near future? In the long term? Because Cather’s work drew so much on her … on the site. And maybe some pavement that would make the road passable? Lots of possibilities, if the funds are …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains

… dozens of blossoms. They made a golden ribbon across the prairie. Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with … , he remembers the story of Mormon settlers, scattering seeds along their trail so others could follow their path to … in areas where hot, dry weather has killed or stunted prairie grasses. Under better conditions, the prairie …
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