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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

… Home, the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and the Red Cloud Opera House. Visitors will also have an opportunity to explore two … Willa Cather Center's founder, Mildred Bennett. Red Cloud Opera House 413 N Webster Street This tour concludes at the …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… Culture ! When the railroad opened in Red Cloud in 1878, the fortunes of the town were forever changed. Our … two-story section of the depot, constructed in 1897, is the building Cather was familiar with during her last years in … Guests are invited to view the exhibit as part of a guided tour. About the tour …
Posted: 04/30/2026
Last Updated: 07/20/2026

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… To make your visit to Red Cloud and the National Willa Cather Center a little easier, we wanted to share NDOT's … , and you won't detour from the highways until you're in town. Please see the detour map below. Getting to Red Cloud … until you reach Red Cloud, then follow the in-town detours. See "Getting to the NWCC" below. If you're coming …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

Finding Aids

… Miner Sherwood. Microfilm roll of Day by Day with the Utah Pioneers, 1847 . Language: The material is in English Access … Leader 12/29/1896 to 1/11/1904 Day by Day with the Utah Pioneers, 1847 1847 Willa Cather letters to Carrie Miner … for Belief" (1989), Craig Anderson (executive producer of O Pioneers! Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie, 1991), Karen …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

Annotations from the Archives: New Year, New View

… Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation The Only Wonderful Things: The Creative Partnership of Willa Cather & Edith …
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 … Tours last approximately 30 minutes. Learn More Guided Country Tour Twenty Sites and Fifty Miles This guided tour …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

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

… Image The Ribbon-Cutting in front of Hotel Garber on April 4 [see Gallery for full captions] Image … into the interior design. The hotel's name is a nod to Silas and Lyra Garber, who served as models for Captain and Mrs. …
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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