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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

An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… Image Walking on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie Image The Willa Cather Childhood … home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and backgrounds are guaranteed to …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Cather Sesquicentennial

… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are commemorating acclaimed novelist Willa Cather’s 150th year with a host of special events … Public Libraries, Weymouth, MA Oct 29 — Willa Cather and Material Culture Exhibit Opening Reception & Willa Cather …
Posted: 05/24/2023
Last Updated: 12/31/2024

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, and … and plan to follow a tour guide from site to site. Tours last approximately 60 minutes. Book This Tour Adults: …
Posted: 05/21/2024
Last Updated: 07/01/2024

Omaha to Red Cloud Bus Tour

… Lincoln guests at Shoemakers, I-80 Exit #395 (East side of Shell gas station) 10:30 AM Arrive on “The Divide” and visit …
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 … Miriam Mountford  Aims of the WCPM p. 1  Staff p. 1  Museum News and Donors p. 1  Interesting Visitors p. 2  Nebraska … for Young People p. 3  World Wide Interest and Publications about Willa Cather p. 3  Looking to the Future p. 3  …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

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

… her stay productive. Still, she would love to be able to visit and work at the NWCC, especially to spend time in the archives and tour each of our Cather sites. When she is not researching education programs for historic house museums, Alise’s favorite way to lose track …
Posted: 06/25/2020
Last Updated: 07/01/2020

Travel Through the Pages of American Literature

… and culture merge with the pleasures of a quiet country town and its prairie surroundings. To visit  Red Cloud  is to experience a town and entire landscapes, largely unchanged, as … sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of urbanity and absorb the rolling …
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 … good ones (with Beauty and the Beast costumes and elephants walking down Red Cloud’s main street), and I enjoy reading … 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 … from our traditional guided tour formats , outdoor-only tours led by a guide, or completely self-guided experiences. … to be hemmed in by reservations can take advantage of our walking tours of the Willa Cather Childhood Home; these …
Posted: 10/19/2020
Last Updated: 05/20/2021

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