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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

Cather Sesquicentennial

… NE Oct 19 — Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World , Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre, Wymore, NE: 2:00 p.m. CT, … Cultural Park , Tivoli, NY Oct 22 — Willa Cather: Life & Literature , 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET • Explore the intersections …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

Guided Three Building Downtown Tour

… their core knowledge about Willa Cather's early life in the Nebraska town that inspired so much of her work. Please read …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Omaha to Red Cloud Bus Tour

… Image Wednesday, Jun 24, 2015 | 7am - 9:30pm Willa Cather Foundation 413 North Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 … is $100.00* which includes motor coach fare, lunch, guided tours, and refreshments. It is important to wear comfortable shoes and clothing for walking. 7:00 AM   Meet at Canfield’s parking lot, 8457 West …
Posted: 05/15/2015
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … Preservations and Restoration p. 3  Dedication of Cather Childhood Home p. 3  Gifts p. 4  … p. 1  Conference Schedule p. 1  A Cornish Childhood p. 2  Gallery Holds "Feelings": Four Lucy Gayheart Paintings by …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely!

… Students Braxton Benes and Alise Perault Join the Willa Cather Foundation as Summer Interns—Remotely! June 25, 2020 … created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Willa Cather Center was able to reconfigure two summer internships … on-site, he is most interested in experiencing the guided tours and also visiting the prairie. Much like one of his …
Posted: 06/25/2020
Last Updated: 07/01/2020

Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes

… Hwy 281 and Hwy 136 Construction Routes We're open for business during construction! The long-planned Nebraska … corner.  Instead, stay on Highway 136 westbound until you reach Red Cloud, then follow the in-town detours. See … Franklin. Instead, stay on Highway 136 eastbound until you reach Red Cloud, then follow the in-town detours. See …
Posted: 04/03/2026
Last Updated: 05/29/2026

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… and education as a child, restored and open today with events and performances throughout the year. Our Special … is her childhood bedroom and its original wallpaper in The Song of the Lark  or the Miner House that became the Harling home in My …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/20/2026

Meet Our 2021 Summer Interns

… archives. The Humanities Internship at the National Willa Cather Center is funded through a collaboration between the University of Nebraska and the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska. What prompted you to … special projects behind the scenes. I am trained to give tours, and interacting with guests and helping them utilize …
Posted: 07/20/2021
Last Updated: 08/17/2021

Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways

… Image Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways October 21, 2020 Autumn is one of … Street, while sunsets are especially dramatic at the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie . As Cather herself wrote in The … from our traditional guided tour formats , outdoor-only tours led by a guide, or completely self-guided experiences. …
Posted: 10/19/2020
Last Updated: 05/20/2021

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