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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… bedroom is called Sweet Water after the town in  A Lost Lady . Adjoining Frankfort by an interior door which may be …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 11/04/2026

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • Learn • … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … Mary Hancock Hinds, Long Beach Press-Telegram p. 29  TITLE: Postcards to the Past  AUTHOR: Jay Yost p. 31  TITLE: Cather … p. 30  Cover of the 1916 edition of Pinocchio p. 32  Postcard of a street singer and street organ grinder p. 33  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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: 05/29/2026

Membership

… Membership Members Make It Happen Willa Cather Foundation members enjoy many benefits including, a … discounts on registrations and tickets to select events, lodging at the  Cather Second Home,  as well as invitations … Additionally, if you'll kindly let us know about your visit to the National Willa Cather Center in advance, we'll …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 04/27/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… niece, 1909 Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud November 7, 2025 "There we have short, bitter … of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old World." —Willa Cather,  "Nebraska: The End of the First Cycle,"   … Red Cloud was.” If you've ever thought of coming home (or visiting) Red Cloud over the holidays, Cather's dear old …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… Group and Motorcoach Tours Discover the World of Willa Cather on the American Prairie Embark on a literary oasis … please call 402-746-2653. What Your Group Will Experience Visit the fully-restored  Willa Cather Childhood home and … or a picnic on the prairie! Exclusives for Bus Tours Meals, Lodging, and Perks Free meal & tours for bus drivers/tour …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  "We come and … roads "—just as Willa Cather described them in  My Ántonia . In summer and early fall, you can also catch the …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Turn the Page Literary Tour

… Image Turn the Page Literary Tour July 3, 2013 The Willa Cather State Historic Site/Red Cloud Opera House is one of … for the 2013 program are organized into 10 special-interest tours: Hit the Hot Spots, Meet the Locals, Picture the … Historic Site include: Guided tours of Cather's childhood home and other historic sites related to her life and …
Posted: 09/11/2014
Last Updated: 09/11/2014

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