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Special Guests: Paul Giamatti and Clara Wong
… with Director of Education Rachel Olsen Image Picnic on the Prairie: Giamatti and Wong with NWCC Leadership Special … , made a low key visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center last week. Wong and Giamatti, who joined … of events at Omaha's Film Streams, enjoyed tours of the Cather historic sites, the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie , …
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Holcomb-Arneson Family
Image Mary Holcomb Arneson Image Mary Holcomb Arneson Homestead Patent Image 1926 Old Settlers Picnic at Malick Park Holcomb-Arneson Family Joseph C. Holcomb came to the Walnut Creek area of Webster County (southwest of Red Cloud) in 1870. A year later, …
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Ludlow Family
Image William Ludlow portrait, courtesy Webster County Historical Museum Image William Ludlow portrait, verso Ludlow Family William Ludlow (1814–1902) came from Brush Grove, Iowa, to Webster County in 1873. He and his wife Prudence Candace Bailey first …
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O.C. and Evangeline King Case
Image Evangeline King, Red Cloud educator Image Oliver C. and Evangeline King Case, at home Image Evangeline King Case O.C. and Evangeline King Case Evangeline Jane King (1860–1907), often found in the Red Cloud newspapers as Eva J. King, was an …
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The Potter Family
… Street business district. Later J.Q. and Jacob opened the first grist mill west of Beatrice after they constructed, … War was on now and my father volunteered and spent three years in the service until the close of the war. He was … Orleans; N. F. Potter, Alma; twenty-six grandchildren, fifty great grandchildren.” (By Attorney Jas. S. Gilham) …
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The Thomas Family
Image Mervin "Mel" Larue Thomas, editor of the Red Cloud Chief Image Mervin Thomas was the third editor of the Red Cloud Chief Image Lorenzo Dow Thomas Image Lorenzo Dow Thomas Image Lorenzo Thomas's 1871 Receipt for Land Claim Image Lorenzo Dow Thomas …
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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 …
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Rachel Olsen
… the Teacher Institute and Author Series programs, oversees Opera House seasons of events, plans conferences and seminars, and fosters …
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Virtual Author Series: Chris Harding Thornton
Image Author Series Thursday, Mar 21, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Take a trip to 1930s Omaha and its fictionalized criminal past in Little Underworld , a new noir mystery from Nebraska novelist Chris Harding Thornton! Hear an excerpt from her …
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Making a Place Exhibit Opening!
… States We are excited to welcome guests to the opening of our newest permanent exhibit, Making a Place: A Long … became acquainted with Lyra and Silas Garber during her childhood in Red Cloud and used them as prototypes for … in two of Cather's other writings: the short story "Two Friends," and the novel Lucy Gayheart . The bank is also …
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