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Guided Seven Building Town Tour

… Guided Seven Building Town Tour Driving Tour Guests should have their own … household items throughout the home. Burlington Depot 437 W. Welsch Street Cather uses the depot in many of her …
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 … Farmers and Merchants Bank, the second stop on the three building tour. Here visitors can explore Willa Cather's …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… our own!  Important! Through traffic will be directed to detour off of both Highway 281 and Highway 136. If you intend … , and you won't detour from the highways until you're in town. Please see the detour map below. Getting to Red Cloud … and you won't detour from the highway until you're in town. Please see the detour map below. If you're coming from …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 04/06/2026

71st Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… and institutional affiliation, should be submitted to Rachel Olsen, Director of Education and Engagement, via the  Spring … will be sent by mid-March. Questions may be submitted to Rachel Olsen or Tim Bintrim, Academic Advisor of the 2026 …
Posted: 08/20/2025
Last Updated: 03/30/2026

Finding Aids

… conference notes   WCPM Ashtray     Playing Cards     Keys     NSHS Documents Correspondence   1987 board …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… Emanuel Widen, 1886-1963), circa 1925. Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View January 7, 2026 After the … in the neighborhood of Red Cloud, you can always book an archives tour or make an appointment for research by …
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 … homesteads and the prairies and river where the Cather children played and explored.  Learn More School Field Trip …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

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

… The Ribbon-Cutting in front of Hotel Garber on April 4 [see Gallery for full captions] Image Hotel Garber in its opening week Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy …
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

… Image Edem Soul Music Opera House Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 | 7:30 - 9pm Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster St. … in the Starke Round Barn with Hear Nebraska’s Good Living Tour video crew. Watch her perform the soothing, uplifting song “When I Fall” inside the historic building.   Listen to Edem Soul Music! ADA Accessibility The …
Posted: 11/13/2023
Last Updated: 11/21/2024

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