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Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites

… Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites Mobile and Web Apps … your desktop computer) for  iOS  and  Android  provide self-guided tours of the Willa Cather Childhood Home, the  American Bittersweet  exhibit, and the town tour while providing bonus collections material, …
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

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… our own!  Important! Through traffic will be directed to detour off of both Highway 281 and Highway 136. If you intend … , and you won't detour from the highways until you're in town. Please see the detour map below. Getting to Red Cloud … and you won't detour from the highway until you're in town. Please see the detour map below. If you're coming from …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 04/06/2026

Serena's Album

… amendment prohibiting the sale of alcohol (it would pass in 1916). Prohibition in Nebraska, for which Cather had … we know that in 1923, at the age of 78, she was a passenger on the U.S. Grant bound from Honolulu to San … U.S. Grant was a U.S. Army Transport ship that also carried passengers. No identifiable member of her family accompanied …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 04/01/2026

Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… the National Willa Cather Center, photos and stories of the town, and the community ties that weave the region together. … will also donate an original watercolor painting of the town and will have an exhibit already up of paintings in the … PM reception  15% discount on a guided Willa Cather site tour Breakfast for two on Saturday morning. Space is …
Posted: 12/10/2025
Last Updated: 03/23/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… is her childhood bedroom and its original wallpaper in The Song of the Lark  or the Miner House that became the Harling home in My … around you. Listen only to the sound of the wind and the larks or the gentle murmur of cattle — or just the sound of …
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 of materials related … Bennett Book Inventory Box 17—Mementos, Photos, Gifts, Notes, including: Map of Grand Manan Drawings … Rock BK-50-307 Willa Cather 1931 1st trade ed. Cordially yours, Willa Cather Dust jacket very good   The Song of the …
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

… and author of  O Pioneers! ,  My Ántonia  and  One of Ours. Image Historic Site Tour The National Willa Cather Center is … of Red Cloud — and changing art installations in our galleries Enjoy scenic country roads or take a Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

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