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Red Cloud Opera House

… Red Cloud Opera House "When I go about among little Nebraska towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House."  —Willa … Building, the Red Cloud Opera House transports visitors back in time to set the mood, scene, and tone of the 1890s, … productions such as  The Bohemian Girl  and  The Mikado . As Cather herself put it, "Only real people speaking …
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Serena's Album

… notable public figure — a Civil War General in the Union Army, United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the … are identical (for example, they both cite Cadmus, the mythological Phoenician prince who introduced the alphabet … from Honolulu to San Francisco. The U.S. Grant was a U.S. Army Transport ship that also carried passengers. No …
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The World War II Experience of Clarence O. Williams

… of Clarence O. Williams The story behind the play, Not Too Far Distant October 15, 2024 Playwright Becky Boesen gleaned … Division. According to his son Thomas, “for reasons he never shared, he took a camera with him, and produced the … carefully catalogued and documented album after returning home, ultimately settling in Lincoln, Nebraska.” He …
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"Books Old and New"

… Image The NWCC Bookstore features every book written by Willa Cather or about Willa Cather—and a wide selection of other … Cather edited twelve issues of the fledgling magazine while living in Pittsburgh. When she was hired as the magazine's …
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The Potter Family

… Street business district. Later J.Q. and Jacob opened the first grist mill west of Beatrice after they constructed, … War was on now and my father volunteered and spent three years in the service until the close of the war. He was … Orleans; N. F. Potter, Alma; twenty-six grandchildren, fifty great grandchildren.” (By Attorney Jas. S. Gilham) …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's foremost citizen," wrote author and Nobel Prize-winner Sinclair Lewis. "The United … as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics and commentators have increasingly identified Cather …
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“Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years 

… The End of the First Cycle” Celebrates 100 Years  Cather's essay for the Nation still resonates September 5, … than I do, are satisfied with my presentation of it.”   [Willa Cather Papers, 1899-1949, in the Clifton Waller … Nebraska. If we are to judge from her previously published material she still feels herself flesh of our flesh, bone of …
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The Art Connection

… husband raise cattle and crops south of Red Cloud, near the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, and many of her paintings reflect … to California where he discovered that people could make a living creating art. After 34 years as an art teacher at …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing March 27, 2022 As part of their … find a community of artistic people from all over the world living in a neighborhood of cobblestone streets and mom and …
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