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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… Guided Seven Building Town Tour Driving Tour Guests should have their own … and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tours last approximately 2 hours. Adults: $25.00 Students: … - $10.00  Children: (5 & under) – Free Book a Tour Willa Cather Childhood Home 245 N Cedar Street The Cather family …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/11/2025

Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… 60 minutes. Book This Tour Adults: $20.00 Seniors: $16.00 Students: (K - 12) - $10.00  Children: (5 & under) – … journey from Virginia; the domestic spaces in The Song of the Lark , "Old Mrs. Harris," and 'The Best Years"  that were …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… Our historic lodging properties are open and ready to welcome you throughout construction! Here are a few tips to …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 04/06/2026

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest … to the life and works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. Our museum and archival collections, housed in … agreement   1840 Document TX-50-1000-069 Charles F. Cather biography     Stationery OBJ-50-1000-070 Willa Cather's …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… floors were being painted under my feet. But I have taken a good deal of pleasure in fixing the place up, for it is …
Posted: 01/02/2026
Last Updated: 01/21/2026

Guided Willa Cather Tours

… Guided Willa Cather Tours The National Willa Cather Center and many of our historic sites are open for guided tours year-round. Four of the historic sites are fully …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy

… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National Willa Cather Center celebrated the long-awaited soft opening …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

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

Edem Soul Music

… Tickets Plan to spend the first Saturday in December (and Willa Cather's birthday) listening to Edem Soul Music! You won't … vocalist, performer, and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Omaha. Originally from the East Coast, a large …
Posted: 11/13/2023
Last Updated: 11/21/2024

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… tours on December 7, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s 150th birthday. The site closed on August 15, 2022 to … Cather house is vividly described in Cather's novel,  The Song of the Lark , and short stories, “Old Mrs. Harris,” and “The Best …
Posted: 12/05/2023
Last Updated: 05/21/2024

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