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Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites

…  exhibit, and the town tour while providing bonus collections material, historical photos and audio tour … for the Humanities CARES Act and SHARP grants.  To learn more, click here. Web-App Access for Desktops Virtual …
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

… Image Image Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators February 7, 2020 Visit Red Cloud—Our unique small town on the prairie and meet Willa Cather, Nebraska’s … in the United States. To visit Red Cloud is to encounter a town and entire landscapes, largely unchanged, as …
Posted: 02/07/2020
Last Updated: 02/13/2020

Serena's Album

… Richard II: “Nay, let us share thy thoughts, as thou dost ours.” The “autographic confessions” in Serena’s album span … upon Mary for Julia, the musical Harling sister, in My Ántonia , and Mary played the Beast in the production of … C. Laslette,” minister there from March to May, 1899. (The final e on his name begins to appear in records about this …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… please contact our Visitor Services Coordinator, Nick Powers, at npowers@willacather.org . Advance notice is necessary to …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… and culture merge with the pleasures of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit  Red Cloud  is to experience a town and entire landscapes, largely unchanged, as … sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of urbanity and absorb the rolling …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Finding Aids

… available for download. Betty Kort Collection Date range:  1762-1973 Bulk dates:  1918-1943 Finding Aid created by Tracy … genealogy Burlington & Missouri River Railroad journals building records financial instruments Related Materials:   … materials Notes on WCPM museum displays, historic sites, tour scripts Loose clippings about Cather, WCPM, Red Cloud …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Cornelia Murr

… Image Last Run to the Center Tour Opera House Friday, Feb 13, 2026 | 7:30 - 9:30pm CT Red … tracks, reflecting the relaxed pace of the small Nebraska town where Murr crafted the LP."  Murr’s musical style … Lenker. The second stop on her "Last Run to the Center" tour, you won’t want to miss this distinct and special …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 02/05/2026

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… lunch served in our beautiful Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery — or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus … Explore stunning work of regional artists with the current gallery exhibit and tour the Red Cloud Opera House, where …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Visit

… is an award-winning museum in the heart of Cather's hometown. Explore exhibits and collections, or visit historic … Cather Prairie Cather's Red Cloud Cather's Red Cloud Guided Tours The Best Way to Explore Red Cloud The National Willa … for guided tours. Immerse yourself in the small prairie town that is home to the nation's largest collection of …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

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