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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… of the railway! When the railroad opened in Red Cloud in 1878, the fortunes of the town were forever changed. Our … uses the depot as a setting in many of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an …
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Group and Motorcoach Tours

… please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored  Willa Cather Childhood home and …  of rural settings in the author's novels, including the Pavelka Farmstead, the famed setting at the end of Willa Cather's  …
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A Special Challenge Grant Opportunity

… for the challenge, your gift must be received by December 31. Thank you! DONATE This year the Cather Center proudly completed a nationwide “Big Read” of My Ántonia , and what an inspiring journey it has been! Across …
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Richard Harris Plans for a Legacy Gift

… Gift Inspired by Decades of Rich Cather Experiences October 15, 2025 Willa Cather may not have been Richard Harris’s … were all taken, so I looked and said, ‘Well, I did read My Ántonia a few years ago and liked it a lot,’” Harris …
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Emily Caroline Cather's Trunk

… their migration. Like the character she inspired in  My Ántonia , Emily Caroline Smith Cather moved to Nebraska from … husband, Willa’s grandfather, moved to Webster County in 1877.   The Cather’s pioneer settlement of the Great Plains …
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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 … cave into the sunlight. It made me dizzy for a moment." - My Ántonia Image Located in rural Webster County, near … Cather's most famous character and the namesake for her 1918 novel. The floor plan of house was restored to its …
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Abbie Loomis looks to protect Cather sites that offer profound understanding of the immigrant experience

… improvements. New interpretive exhibits are planned for the location, as well. “I want visitors to be able to stand in …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… generation in the J.L. Miner House, or the Harling House in My Ántonia . He was the grandson of the home’s namesake and son … After her quick stop in Red Cloud with her father in the 1990s, Jaydene began researching her Miner family history …
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A Lifetime of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society

… of Giving: Yost and Leak Join Cather Legacy Society July 13, 2016 “ I feel blessed that I’m from Red Cloud. There is … glad he was from Red Cloud. That has brought Cather into my life, and so many meaningful experiences and … experience of being in Cather’s hometown. “If you read  My Ántonia , for example, the land truly becomes one of the …
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Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift

… Kohout’s great grandmother, Belle K. Simons, died in 1972 at 102 years old and is buried in her hometown of Red … Cather’s writing for the first time. “Like many students, my entry [to Cather] was  My Ántonia ,” Kohout said. “It just spoke to me. Her writing …
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