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Willa Cather's Red Cloud
… Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where literature and culture merge with the pleasures of a quiet … the night sky. Take a walk (and bring a picnic) amidst the great ocean of land that rolls around you. Listen only to … Red Cloud with a fresh idea of Willa Cather and the Great Plains. Come witness the sites and sounds that changed …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/05/2024
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) …
Posted: 08/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/27/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather … the narrative proper begins with the very autobiographical experience Cather described. Transposed to Jim Burden, the … a prominent writer herself, and the three made a well-known visit with A. E. Housman, then a poet Cather much admired. …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884 — Willa Cather attends a … Cather’s brother James Cather is born. Silas Garber begins building the Farmers and Merchants Bank in downtown Red …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the … 281 near Lebanon, Kansas). If you're searching for the best location for a spectacular Nebraska sunset, sunrise, or even … and includes settings from Willa Cather's novels and childhood: homesteads and related cemeteries, churches, the …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023
National Willa Cather Center
… Image National Willa Cather Center Walk in Her Footsteps. Stay in Her Town. Let … point for all aspects of your day trip or a more extended visit to Red Cloud, Nebraska . Historic Red Cloud is home … Red Cloud also offers cultural amenities, comfortable lodging (including where Cather herself once slept), …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!
… Image Image 10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather! April 26, 2023 Experience the prairie world of … Red Cloud on the Kansas border. You are free to explore or book a guided Prairie Tour to learn more about the natural history …
Posted: 04/18/2023
Last Updated: 05/02/2023
Willa Cather Goes Back to School, Almost
… trees and plan out useful and honorable futures for the Red Cloud boys and girls. There is nothing for us to do now but … school principal while Cather attended. Cather planned to visit Red Cloud in 1909 for the May commencement, but her …
Posted: 08/27/2019
Last Updated: 05/02/2023
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Sarah Rowe
… in studio art from Webster University instead. “Art just gave me an energetic jolt,” Rowe says. “I thought, … With her background in theater, Rowe says she enjoys any work that contains an element of performance. "I love … of Indigenous artists who live and create on the unceded land of the Umónhon & Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (otherwise known as …
Posted: 12/10/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
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 … in Willa Cather’s novels. They recently spent time in Red Cloud where they enjoyed their several day stay at Villa … sunset on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. You recently visited Red Cloud. What brought you here and how did you …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 12/30/2019