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Guided Historic Sites Tour
… 1884-1904. Willa Cather describes it in great detail in The Song of the Lark and “Old Mrs. Harris.” Willa Cather’s room was upstairs …
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All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an early play, “The West Bound Train.” After …
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Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes
… To make your visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center a little easier, we wanted to share NDOT's … until you reach Red Cloud, then follow the in-town detours. See "Getting to the NWCC" below. If you're coming … them for the best route. At this time, the details of our walking tours are a little murky. Pedestrians will need to …
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Finding Aids
… TX-50-1000-003 Framed transcript of TX-50-1000-002 Notebook OBJ-50-1000-004 Notebook Douglass Cather Journal … and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s founder, Mildred Rhoads Bennett. The collection contains … 1890 n/a Daudet, Alphonse The Immortal: Or, One of the "Forty" 1893 Willa Cather Day, Thomas The History of Sandford …
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Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View
… Greenwich Village, by Lew Ney (born Luther Emanuel Widen, 1886-1963), circa 1925. Annotations from the Archives: New Year, … work and instead was finishing up proofreading Alexander's Bridge and beginning a new novel, which would become O …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National … land and construct a modern new building. Instead, they selected the downtown 1902 Potter-Wright building for … these occasions in both her published work and private letters. Now joined with the Center’s preserved Farmers and …
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Burlington Depot
… (and several grain and livestock trains) passed through town daily, making the Red Cloud Depot a busy and exciting … story of the Burlington in Red Cloud! Watch our virtual tour of the 2021 restoration and preservation work at this important historic site in Red Cloud! 7-Building Tour 3-Building Tour Individual Build Tour Self Guided Tour …
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Edem Soul Music
… Tickets Plan to spend the first Saturday in December (and Willa Cather's birthday) listening to Edem Soul Music! You won't … vocalist, performer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Omaha. Originally from the East Coast, a large …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … Conservation Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The project was supported by the State of Nebraska – Department of Economic … America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most …
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Historic Sites
… an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family … restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went … removing redundant facilities from major lines. To save the building from destruction, it was moved from its original …
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