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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… Guided Seven Building Town Tour Driving Tour Guests should … Students: (K - 12) - $10.00  Children: (5 & under) – Free Book a Tour Willa Cather Childhood Home 245 N Cedar Street The Cather …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 06/11/2025

Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… Image Guided Three Building Downtown Tour Driving or Walking Tour This guided tour option includes the restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, … from site to site. Tours last approximately 60 minutes. Book This Tour Adults: $20.00 Seniors: $16.00 Students: (K - …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an early play, “The West Bound Train.”  After …
Posted: 04/30/2026
Last Updated: 07/20/2026

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… open for business during construction! The long-planned Nebraska Department of Transportation Red Cloud project gets … of our own!  Important! Through traffic will be directed to detour off of both Highway 281 and Highway 136. If you … to visit Red Cloud, you're local traffic , and you won't detour from the highways until you're in town. Please see …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

Finding Aids

… Finding Aids The National Willa Cather Center houses one of the nation’s largest collections … Related Materials: The NWCC also holds a number of bound volumes of McClure’s Magazine , Ladies Home Journal , and … children, as well as some unidentified people. Diplomas and teaching certificates, commencement program for Roscoe and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… Greenwich Village, by Lew Ney (born Luther Emanuel Widen, 1886-1963), circa 1925. Annotations from the Archives: New Year, … work and instead was finishing up proofreading Alexander's Bridge and beginning a new novel, which would become O …
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 … Red Cloud From her quaint childhood home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and … and authentic experiences in the perfect 2-day itinerary. Learn More Guided Willa Cather Childhood Home Tour …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

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

… its opening week Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED … that helped rehabilitate an empty historic commercial building into a boutique hotel and event center. Leaders … of Willa Cather, the Hotel Garber project raised more than $7 million in charitable gifts and grants. Paired with an …
Posted: 04/09/2025
Last Updated: 04/09/2025

Burlington Depot

… original two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her last years in … story of the Burlington in Red Cloud!   Watch our virtual tour of the 2021 restoration and preservation work at this …
Posted: 07/18/2014
Last Updated: 02/26/2025

Edem Soul Music

… Coast, a large part of her music focuses on the creative content that comes from a place that can only be described …
Posted: 11/13/2023
Last Updated: 11/21/2024

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