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Burlington Depot

… during her last years in Red Cloud. Red Cloud was on the main line of the Burlington and Missouri between Kansas City …
Posted: 07/18/2014
Last Updated: 02/26/2025

NWCC Launches NEH-Funded Digital Projects

… and descriptions necessary for creating the mobile tour apps  on the Cuseum platform. Designed to enhance guided tours for Red Cloud visitors or to stand alone as an … the  American Bittersweet  exhibit, or take the self-guided town tour, as well as listening to audio clips and viewing …
Posted: 02/16/2021
Last Updated: 02/21/2025

NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read supports community reading programs designed around a single NEA Big Read book, … and communities that wish to take part in a shared reading experience with a focus on  My Ántonia and its … one-way shipping.  You can read more about three exhibit options below and book them for your organization using the …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024

"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… of its historic and arts offerings, while learning about Cather’s time in New Mexico. We’ll discuss and share from … purchased by Dennis Hopper, who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s …
Posted: 04/03/2020
Last Updated: 10/16/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … interpretation; a climate control system and a new roof and foundation. Enclosure of the attic space and extensive … is set in the Shenandoah Valley of her early childhood. Events took place across the country throughout 2023-2024 to …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Historic Sites

… to Willa Cather's life and writing. “Every time I talked about Cather in Webster County,” Mildred Bennett said in an interview. “I would tell the … author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the Cather family moved in. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

The Foster Family

… home on Red Cloud's Elm Street; she sometimes worked out of town as a nurse-companion. John worked as a laborer, a … By all accounts, the family was beloved among Red Cloud's townspeople. Early photos show that black and white children … as a civil rights leader. In 1910, he and his band began touring with the Omaha Chamber of Commerce as they traveled …
Posted: 02/25/2024
Last Updated: 02/27/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a special issue of  Modern Fiction Studies  on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in … 2023   Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! Donate Now The Willa Cather Childhood Home is a national … new fire and intrusion alarm systems, roof replacement, foundation repair, recreation of the original fence, and …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… her paternal grandparents, William and Caroline Cather. The house, called Willow Shade, is located in an area near Back … 1883 to 1884  — Willa Cather attends a one-room schoolhouse in the Catherton precinct of Webster County. She picks … and insurance downtown and rents a story-and-a-half frame house on 3rd and Cedar Streets. Built around 1879, the …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

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