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Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites

… Virtually Tour the Willa Cather Historic Sites Mobile and Web Apps … 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

… 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

… as her home — was essentially a post office in search of a town, established in 1882 by Mr. Keifer and another settler, … had one son, John Howard Tinkham. M. D. C. Tinkham’s home town of Homer, Illinois was an important location for this … composer whose flamboyant technique and extensive American tour in the 1850s helped awaken a taste for classical music …
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

… Our museum and archival collections, housed in Cather's hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, containing memorabilia, … Francisco, CA Santa Barbara, CA Schenectady, NY Shepherdstown, WV Stratton, NE Washington, DC Weston, MA   Geographic … 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

… "foremost citizen" and author of  O Pioneers! ,  My Ántonia  and  One of Ours. Image Historic Site Tour … Farmstead, the famed setting at the end of Willa Cather's  My Ántonia Shop at the National Willa Cather Center …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

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