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Spotlight on the Farmers and Merchants Bank Restoration

… offices before being purchased in 1959 by the Willa Cather Foundation. Following efforts to convert the building for … 26, 1962, with John G. Neihardt as guest speaker. After the Foundation relocated its office space, the building has been … to our Campaign for the Future . If you, too, would like to support the rehabilitation of the bank, please donate online …
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Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center

… Image Willa Cather Foundation to Create National Willa Cather Center … research center, classroom, expanded bookstore and art gallery, dressing rooms and backstage facilities for the Red … suicide grave from My Ántonia and the beautiful Divide.  Gallery and bookstore: Visitors will enjoy our spacious, …
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Laura Bush Speaks at the Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center

… Dedication of the National Willa Cather Center June 3, 2017 On June 3rd, nearly 300 guests gathered in our Red Cloud … restoration and adaptive reuse of the historic Moon Block building in Red Cloud, Nebraska. The project was made … of scholars, students, and readers young and old.” Public tours led by members of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of …
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Donor Profile: Nancy and Bernie Picchi

… the home is a permanent feature on the Foundation’s guided town tour of Cather’s Red Cloud. Executive Director, Ashley …
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Farmers and Merchants Bank

… Image Farmers and Merchants Bank This building, constructed in 1888 and known as the Garber Bank, … former Union Army Officer, the founder of Red Cloud (1871), and the third governor of Nebraska (1875-1879) who … "Two Friends," and the novel  Lucy Gayheart .  7-Building Tour 3-Building Tour Self Guided Tour Garber Bank Building …
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Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… archives. The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center is funded through a collaboration between the … special projects behind the scenes. I am trained to give tours, and interacting with guests and helping them utilize … kid I thought of my Grandma and Grandpa’s house as a summer home. This house was bright yellow, on the paved part of a …
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St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church

… for Ántonia, baptized her baby and later married. The building, erected in 1883 and used until 1903, later became … to begin. The building was dedicated and consecrated in 1970.  7-Building Tour Self Guided Tour St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church …
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