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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … Nebraska.] It Began With a Letter Writing Campaign The WCPM newsletter urged “loyal Cather admirers” to write on behalf … and alive by using your influence?” In the winter 1972 newsletter it was noted that plans were going forward for a …
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Guided Seasonal Tour

… Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years.   As part of our NEA Big Read programming, guests are … W. 3rd Street This is the site where Anna Sadilek Pavelka’s first child was baptized and where Anna was married. This …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events … Red Cloud, NE Oct 19 — Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World , Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre, Wymore, NE: 2:00 …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… Image The Burlington Depot is on several guided tours, including our new My … historic sites and settings —even a longer Country Tour and Prairie Tour! When planning your visit, all tours can be … a year. This unique preserve is a special place to view a sunrise or sunset, absorb the wonders of the vast night sky, …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years. Just as gripping are her portrayal of obstacles such … the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial in Red Cloud, one of her first efforts was to bring Life magazine to Webster County …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… status as a literary pilgrimage destination for more than fifty years. Just six months after the house reopened on Willa … with a sloping ceiling, like my 'rose-bower' in our old first home. Do you remember?"   —Cather in a 1945 letter to …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … home will be preserved as a cultural attraction for the learning and the enjoyment of future generations. “This …
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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

… of her own birthplace, rural northern Virginia, in  Sapphira and the Slave Girl . In the mid-1930s, having returned to Nebraska from …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… The site closed on August 15, 2022 to facilitate the first comprehensive restoration in over fifty years. This project is made possible through a Save …
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