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Guided Historic Sites Tour
… Guided Historic Sites Tour Driving Tour This is a driving tour that takes guests to important historic sites associated with Willa Cather's life and writing. While …
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All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… West-Bound Trains in American Culture A Permanent Exhibit New to the restored Burlington Depot is All Aboard! … uses the depot as a setting in many of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an … elements that bring history to life through personal stories of the people who passed through the station. Guests …
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Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes
… our own! Important! Through traffic will be directed to detour off of both Highway 281 and Highway 136. If you intend … remain open, although parking on Webster Street near our building may be limited. See "Getting to the the NWCC" … on Hwy 281: Stay on Webster Street and turn left on West 7th Avenue. Turn left again on Cedar Street. 1/2 block …
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Finding Aids
… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Bennett Book Inventory Box 17—Mementos, Photos, Gifts, Notes, including: Map of Grand Manan Drawings … of Life 1894 W. Cather Lutes, Della T. The Country Kitchen 1945 Cherry Pudding 115 Lytton, Robert Bulwer, Lord …
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Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View
… Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View January 7, 2026 After the holidays, many of us will turn our … demolished for subway construction. The five-story brick building is now commemorated with a plaque noting Cather's … neighborhood of Red Cloud, you can always book an archives tour or make an appointment for research by visiting our …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… The Ribbon-Cutting in front of Hotel Garber on April 4 [see Gallery for full captions] Image Hotel Garber in its opening … Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa … made possible by gifts from many generous individuals and foundations. These private gifts helped leverage grant …
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Burlington Depot
… original two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her last years in … story of the Burlington in Red Cloud! Watch our virtual tour of the 2021 restoration and preservation work at this …
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Edem Soul Music
… Image Edem Soul Music Opera House Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 | 7:30 - 9pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster St. … in the Starke Round Barn with Hear Nebraska’s Good Living Tour video crew. Watch her perform the soothing, uplifting song “When I Fall” inside the historic building. Listen to Edem Soul Music! ADA Accessibility The …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel, The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best … is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. Events took place across the country throughout 2023-2024 to …
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Historic Sites
… Historic Sites Since our organization's founding as the Willa Cather … of the preservation movement, restoring and caring for the sites that were important to Willa Cather's life and … nation's largest collection of nationally-designated historic sites dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather …
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