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George Wells' Orphan Train Experience

… stop at the elevated railroad and . . . set me in a little room that was there and said I was to stay there and someone … to me. I couldn't a had any better if they'd been my own parents. They couldn't a been better. Mrs. Wells lived 'til …
Posted: 11/18/2025
Last Updated: 04/30/2026

Willa Cather Lodging

… at the Cather Second Home Guest House. It features six bedrooms with two and a half baths and ample parlor, kitchen, and dining spaces. Rent the room that was Cather's, or the rooms of her parents and siblings.    Learn More Book Now Hotel Garber …
Posted: 04/28/2025
Last Updated: 04/07/2026

Serena's Album

… was made by a precocious 14-year-old signing herself “Wm. Cather M.D.” This entry by Serena’s classmate Willa Cather … theorizes that Serena came to Red Cloud to continue her studies with J. F. Curran, the very popular Superior High … photographer, of German parentage. He appears in an 1899 volume entitled Biographies and Portraits of the Progressive …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I confide to you … of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit  Red Cloud  is to experience a town and entire …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Finding Aids

… Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections of materials related to the life and works of … Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, artifacts, historic photographs, art and decorative arts, …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to … is called Moonstone for the town in Cather's novel  The Song of the Lark . During Cather's time, this was the room of Willa's …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… The Song of the Lark and “Old Mrs. Harris.” Willa Cather’s room was upstairs on the north. Visitors can see some of her … north wall are two painted glass windows dedicated to her parents. She chose the window of the Good Shepherd for her …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/11/2025

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Cather rented the home through 1904. Many of Cather’s books depict life in Red Cloud and Webster County during the … be served throughout the day, and the National Willa Cather Bookstore will have an extensive offering of gifts and books at 15% off. Visitors on tour in December will also be …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Historic Sites

… Cather Pioneer Memorial, we have been at the forefront of of the preservation movement, restoring and caring for … sites dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old … in 1897, is the building Cather returned to when visiting friends and family in Red Cloud. In 2021-2022, the National …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

Red Cloud Opera House

… Image Red Cloud Opera House "When I go about among little Nebraska towns, the … a $1.1 endowment campaign for program and operational support. The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/07/2024

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