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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
Image National Willa Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage June 17, 2014 National Cather Center Meets Challenges, Enters Final Campaign Stage The Willa Cather Foundation is pleased to announce it has raised $5,784,871 in gifts and …
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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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Initial Construction on National Willa Cather Center Begins
Image Initial Construction on National Willa Cather Center Begins October 21, 2014 On October 9, 2014, phase one of construction began on the historic Moon Block building in downtown Red Cloud, Nebraska, which will become the National Willa Cather Center. …
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