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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

… We Live" theme. The novel is set in Black Hawk, Nebraska, a town Willa Cather modeled after her childhood hometown of Red Cloud. More than that, Cather's memorable … more about the October 4th kick-off event Book a My Ántonia tour The Big Read Initiative With the support from 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 … who had his own vision of the counterculture lifestyle. “Willa Cather and the Counterculture” explores Cather’s … and continue through the end of the Part 7. Willa Cather: A Literary Life , by James Woodress.  Chap. 16 & 18   “The …
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 Cather Childhood Home Reopens A National Historic … Prairie, care for priceless collections, and allow a living memorial to operate for the benefit of generations to …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

Historic Sites

… restored exterior finishes, but will also offer accessible tours for those with mobility limitations. “When she went … priest who served this church came by train from a nearby town. A special train whistle alerted parishioners that Mass … store for decades. “When I go about among little Nebraska towns . . . the thing I miss most is the opera house.” …
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

… so the children could receive a better education at the town's school. At that time, Red Cloud was a division point … transferred passengers to and from the depot south of town. The Red Cloud Opera House , now restored and the … letters.  A Lost Lady, published in 1923, is something of tour de force example of the sort of fiction Cather called …
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 December of 2023 … National Willa Cather Center and participate in guided town tours of six additional historic properties related to …
Posted: 09/26/2022
Last Updated: 11/29/2023

Willa Cather Timeline

… Annie uses the money to pay for taxes on her farm instead. Lucy Gayheart  is serialized in  Women’s Home Companion  and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023

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