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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience
… Image Image Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant … to life past the pages of books is just as important for historical understanding, which is why she is committed to … to come. Since 2020, the site has undergone significant historic and structural restoration. Major efforts—including …
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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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Cather Sesquicentennial
… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are … for the Future . Book clubs and teachers around the country are encouraged to explore discussion questions and … download the National Willa Cather Center app for virtual tours . Organizations or communities that would like to …
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Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library
… Annotations from the Archives: From a Trainman's Library July 2, 2024 Red Cloud's …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … tours—including of the Childhood Home—and a live streamed virtual book launch and reading of Benjamin Taylor’s Chasing …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … 2023 Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! Donate Now The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national … new fire and intrusion alarm systems, roof replacement, foundation repair, recreation of the original fence, and …
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Pavelka Farmstead
… talking, when they all came running up the steps together, big and little, tow heads and gold heads and brown, and … century farmstead of an immigrant farm family in Nebraska. Read more about its ongoing restoration HERE . Take a … early 1900s period of Nebraska settlement. For additional reading Here are three special themed and downloadable …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home to Close August 15 for Restoration
… that the house will close on August 15 to facilitate the first comprehensive restoration in over fifty years. This project is made possible through a Save …
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Potter Block Rehabilitation Reaches Fundraising Milestones
… Image Potter Block, Future Site of Hotel Garber Potter Block Rehabilitation … return of a third floor that was lost to fire in 1961 in a forward-looking effort to return the building to its … is a key priority for the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future and Red Cloud’s Heritage Tourism …
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Potter Block Ceremonial Groundbreaking
… a Reality October 13, 2022 A standing-room only crowd of about 100 people gathered at the Potter Block (346 N. … years. When developed and conjoined to the National Willa Cather Center’s Farmers and Merchants Bank next door, the … enjoy the museum, the historic sites, the town, the Cather Prairie, and other scenic places Cather loved. In the first …
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