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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture
… –Lucy Gayheart Image Coming Spring 2026! The National Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome visitors of all ages to explore the sights and sounds of the railway! When the railroad opened in Red Cloud in 1878, the fortunes of the town were forever …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours
… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American … , My Ántonia and One of Ours. Image Historic Site Tour The National Willa Cather Center is located in the quiet rural town of Red Cloud, Nebraska—childhood home of writer Willa … stunning drive on the Great Plains into Willa Cather's hometown. …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist
… the questions she gets most often. How do you pronounce Cather? According to Henry Blackman Sell in a short article … frequently that I keep a hard copy at home and at work. Did Willa Cather say, "Anybody can love the mountains, but it's … to Cather's Red Cloud family and friends. Willa Cather Living , by Edith Lewis, Cather's partner. Willa Cather: A …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead
… A new permanent exhibit "We turned to leave the cave; Ántonia and I went up the stairs first, and the children … Nebraska, the farmstead served as the setting for the final scenes of My Ántonia . Anna Sadilek Pavelka was the … the twentieth century. While the site is open for guided tours, it remains a hollow space. This reinterpretation will …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home
… from New York to Las Vegas for work and had stopped in Red Cloud to see the town where he’d spent summers as a … in Las Vegas to make the return trip, and he insisted they visit again so that she could see the town associated with … and son of Charles Hugh Miner and Alfretta “Retta” Ayre, Willa Cather’s first cousin. It was Hugh's sisters, Carrie …
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Annotations from the Archives: Teaching with Primary Sources
… 9, 2025 The collections and archives at the National Willa Cather Center have always, since our founding, played a critical role in helping our visitors gain a deeper understanding of Willa Cather. Our … to imagine the settings of Cather’s many works set in Red Cloud. Our archival materials, from letters to photos to …
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Cather Legacy Society
… legacy and help further our mission. A planned gift to the Willa Cather Foundation can provide you or your estate with … in long-range planning. Your planned gift will benefit visitors from around the globe, and help in our pursuit to … 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, 413 North Webster Street, Red Cloud, Nebraska 68970, to provide funding for (program …
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School Field Trips
… Trips Explore Cather's Childhood Home & More The National Willa Cather Center offers customizable experiences for … During a half-day field trip, students will be able to: Visit all of the sites on the guided town tour , including … Willa Cather . Browse the current exhibit on display in the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery. Take part in an archival …
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Annotations from the Archives: Use It Up
… to the Depression-era practice of reusing flour, sugar, and feed sacks to create clothing, quilts, and other … challenging time of economic hardship and war. The reuse of feed, flour, and sugar sacks was a cost-saving and …
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Annotations from the Archives: A Lost Lady Debuts
… Image A Lost Lady Ad Image Pearl Keating Speaks in Des Moines Image Dorothy Farnum, screenwriter of A Lost Lady Image A Lost Lady Opens Annotations from the Archives: …
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