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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package

… beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go.”  – Willa Cather, 1945 Spend three inspiring days exploring Willa … treasures of Red Cloud. ❧ Cather once remarked, “When I go about among little Nebraska towns (and the little towns, not …
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Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators

… Image Image Bus Tours Welcome! A Guide for Tour Operators February 7, 2020 Visit … Cather knew them as a young girl—and would later write about. Enjoy an immersive and historic experience and let us …
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An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… immersion in Red Cloud, Nebraska—the picturesque small town that inspired some of America's greatest literature. … Plains. Travel rolling landscapes on a backroads driving tour, listen to the larks sing while picnicking on a … assigned tour guide for a tour of seven Cather sites in town  3:00 pm — Meet with Cather Center leadership for VIP …
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All Aboard the Orphan Train!

… Cloud through September 5, 2026, as part of our standard town tour.    …
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All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… railroad opened in Red Cloud in 1878, the fortunes of the town were forever changed. Our newest permanent exhibit … Guests are invited to view the exhibit as part of a guided tour. About the tour …
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Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… 6, 2026. To make your visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center a little easier, we wanted to share NDOT's … on 11th Avenue, then take Seward Street toward the National Willa Cather Center. See "Getting to the NWCC" below. If …
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Serena's Album

… consider this extraordinary album in its entirety. (For a scholarly perspective on confession albums, and on Cather’s … notable public figure — a Civil War General in the Union Army, United States Congressman from Ohio, and Speaker of the … drew upon Mary for Julia, the musical Harling sister, in My Ántonia , and Mary played the Beast in the production of …
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Scott Kirby's Main Street Souvenirs

… of Kirby’s program will feature Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center, photos and stories of the town, and the … is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs. About the Performer A native of Urbana, Ohio, Scott Kirby …
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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 …
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Finding Aids

… Boris Hambourg, ? Heinemann, William, 1863-1920 Hess, Julia Myra Hibben, Jenny Davidson Hibben, John Grier Hills, Laura … Mildred Bennett Collection documents the organizational and scholarly work of the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial’s … Wedding Anniversary from Willa Cather December 1923   My Ántonia BK-50-306 Willa Cather  1918 1st printing Elsie …
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