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The Island in the Republican River
Image The Island in the Republican River The island appears in a number of Cather stories. In Lucy Gayheart winter prevails on the island, with black willows, twisted scrub oaks, and the bronze light of a winter sunset. In "The Enchanted Bluff," it is …
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Miner Ranch
Image Miner Ranch The Miner Ranch stands near Indian Creek; the Cather and Miner children sometimes played here. On the banks of Indian Creek, Silas Garber and other early settlers decided on the name Red Cloud for their town. Country Tour United …
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Murphy Grave
Image Murphy Grave Marking the corner of this early Red Cloud Cemetery is this collection of graves belonging to the Murphy family. This land was part of the Miner Ranch and was given by J. L. Miner, prototype for Christian Harling in My Ántonia , to be …
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Bladen Cemetery
Image Bladen Cemetery The Bladen Cemetery, just southeast of town, is where G.P. Cather, hero of One of Ours and Willa Cather's cousin, is buried. "He died believing his own country better than it is, and France better than any country can ever be. And …
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Cloverton Cemetery
Image Cloverton Cemetery “It was a nice graveyard, Rosicky reflected, sort of snug and homelike, not cramped or mournful,—a big sweep all round it. A man could lie down in the long grass and see the complete arch of the sky over him, hear the wagons go …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska
Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth Century" says, "from the literary standpoint, Red Cloud ranks as one of the most famous villages in American Literature." This is because Red Cloud is home to the largest …
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Bladen Road (Road 800)
Image Bladen Road (Road 800) This road leads to the Divide. This may have been the one Alexandra traveled in O Pioneers! As you travel this road, you will notice the slow, steady climb in elevation. The Divide marks the high middle ground between the …
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National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage
… Cather Foundation is pleased to announce it has raised $5,784,871 in gifts and pledges to establish the National Willa … Development Block Grant (CDBG) in the Tourism Development Category through the Nebraska Department of Economic … Willa Cather Foundation through an expanded bookstore, art gallery, and backstage facilities for the adjacent Red Cloud …
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Joseph Hall
Image Joseph Hall December 4, 2014 JOSEPH HALL RETURNS TO THE RED CLOUD OPERA HOUSE (Red Cloud, NE) — Elvis is in the building! Joseph Hall is bringing his Elvis Rock ‘N’ Remember tribute show to the Red Cloud Opera House on Saturday, December 6 at 7 p.m. …
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Celebrate Cather's Birthday!
Image Celebrate Cather's Birthday! November 24, 2014 Willa Cather's 141st birthday is Sunday, December 7, 2014. As a way of celebrating her place in American culture and raising some financial support for her Foundation, would you consider hosting a party …
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