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Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites

… Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites Mobile and Web Apps Image   Our mobile apps (also … as in-process photos to trace the evolution of our historic sites. These projects were made possible through National … visitors through four of Red Cloud’s most important Cather sites and places these sites in context with Cather’s …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/19/2023

"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package

… with our newly launched "A Walk In Her Footsteps" weekend tour! The National Willa Cather Center proudly offers a wide … once remarked, “When I go about among little Nebraska towns (and the little towns, not the big cities, are the people), the thing I miss …
Posted: 09/18/2019
Last Updated: 03/21/2023

Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… 7, 2020 Visit Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s foremost citizen and author of O … House Enjoy a delicious lunch served in our beautiful art gallery Hike, picnic, star-gaze dark skies, or watch the …
Posted: 02/07/2020
Last Updated: 02/13/2020

Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal

Image The 2026 AUDIENCE CHOICE Show! Opera House Saturday, Oct 10, 2026 | 7:30 - 9:30pm CT Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United States Reserve Tickets You voted, and we listened! 2026 Audience Choice winners Josh Hoyer and …
Posted: 12/16/2025
Last Updated: 07/10/2026

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… Nebraska Department of Transportation Red Cloud project gets underway April 6, 2026. To make your visit to Red Cloud … until you're in town. Please see the detour map below. Getting to Red Cloud Through traffic will be directed to … on Webster Street near our building may be limited. See "Getting to the the NWCC" below. If you're coming from …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

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

Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… the soul of the heartland." Baseball games and barbershops, prairie churches, concerts in the park, and one-room … program will feature Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center, photos and stories of the town, and the … already up of paintings in the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery at the time of the performance. Don’t miss this …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… Through the Pages of American Literature Discover Willa Cather and Red Cloud "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I … merge with the pleasures of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit  Red Cloud  is to experience … National Willa Cather Center where you can relax in our art gallery or bookstore or begin your tour experience. Our arts …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Fisher New York Herald Tribune 1933 Clipping TX-50-1000-054 Review of  April Twilights Pittsburg Gazette 1903 Clipping …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Cornelia Murr

… with big questions while resisting the urge to offer simple answers. Of her 2025 LP, the  Boston Globe  writes, …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 02/05/2026

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