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… is an award-winning museum in the heart of Cather's hometown. Explore exhibits and collections, or visit historic … Cather Prairie Cather's Red Cloud Cather's Red Cloud Guided Tours The Best Way to Explore Red Cloud The National Willa … for guided tours. Immerse yourself in the small prairie town that is home to the nation's largest collection of …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… Cloud Opera House and National Willa Cather Center in downtown Red Cloud. Image The Pavelka Farmstead is on our Country Tour and is the setting of the final section of My Ántonia. … assigned tour guide for a tour of seven Cather sites in town 3:00 pm — Meet with Cather Center leadership for VIP …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

School Field Trips

… a day or a full day, at affordable rates for a range of class sizes.  During a half-day field trip, students will be …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

Burlington Depot

… (and several grain and livestock trains) passed through town daily, making the Red Cloud Depot a busy and exciting … story of the Burlington in Red Cloud!   Watch our virtual tour of the 2021 restoration and preservation work at this important historic site in Red Cloud! 7-Building Tour 3-Building Tour Individual Build Tour Self Guided Tour …
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

… Click below to access our booking form! Booking Form Learn more about the October 4th kick-off event Book a My … for the Arts and Arts Midwest, we are making programs and resources available to organizations and communities that … for participating organizations and communities Book club resources Lectures and book discussions led by National …
Posted: 09/04/2024
Last Updated: 10/29/2024

"Willa Cather and the Counterculture" - Registration Closed

… eat (and we always recommend reservations in Taos): Medley Doc Martin's at the historic Taos Inn The Alley Cantina Love … T he American Dreamer , documentary about Dennis Hopper in Taos by L.M. Kit Carson … pp. 4-8.  https://www.willacather.org/system/files/idxdocs/volume_33_-_fall_1989.pdf Ladies of the Canyons , by …
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 … The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most popular writings, … Willa Cather Bookstore will have an extensive offering of gifts and books at 15% off. Visitors on tour in December …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Historic Sites

… dedicated to an American author. Willa Cather Childhood Home Built in 1879, this house was five years old when the … to sixteen. The house is described in detail in the short stories “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best Years,” and … Cather’s attic bedroom retains the wallpaper she selected while she worked in Dr. Henry Cook's drugstore. In …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/17/2024

The Foster Family

… Wyoming run. He died while aboard, just outside Ravenna, Nebraska. Blanch Foster (1886–?) married Oran Goens of …
Posted: 02/25/2024
Last Updated: 02/27/2024

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