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Red Cloud Opera House
… towns, the thing I miss most is the Opera House." —Willa Cather, Personal Interview Built in 1885, the Red Cloud … to set the mood, scene, and tone of the 1890s, when Willa Cather and her friends eagerly anticipated the arrival of … people." "But I am sorry that the old Opera Houses in the prairie towns are dark, because they really did give a …
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Annotations from the Archive: Red Cloud's Founding
… the Heffelbowers and Taylors and Jacksons, to name just a few—shared a social and historical context with the … stories, from the first cat in Red Cloud to the last sod house standing in the county. We haven’t had the opportunity … that you would like to share for our project, please contact Tracy Tucker, Director of Collections and Curation, …
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Finding Aids
… Lane The Reign of Law 1913 Mrs. C.F. Cather, E.M. Cather Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales n/a Andrews, Byron and Hugh Craig … Thomas, Dorothy Ma Jeeter's Girls 1933 illegible Thompson, Sylvia The Battle of the Horizons 1928 Christmas 1929, …
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Cather Legacy Society
… and generous bequest from Dr. Joseph D. ‘Joe’ Kyle. The news came from Dr. Kyle’s son, Alex Kyle, who shared that he …
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Willa Cather Residency for Writers
… are modest, they include a pharmacy, small grocery store, coffee shop, restaurants (3), convenience stores (2), bowling alley, fitness center, hospital, post …
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Arigon Starr
… as a music publicist for a while, gaining skills in writing press releases and pitching stories to the media. Starr says … “Super Indian,” a radio comedy series she created to express the Indigenous perspective in a humorous way. “It was …
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The Potter Family
… Potter The Potter Family Five Potter brothers came to Red Cloud to settle the county. John Quincy Potter (1835–1923) came to Red Cloud in 1873 and along with his brother Jacob, began operating the Red Cloud … home in Iowa on August 31st in 1875 and were 5 weeks on the road. We had three covered wagons - two large lumber wagons …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index
… 2.1 Spring 1958 Editor: Mildred R. Bennett Officers and Board … of Grace AUTHOR: John J. Murphy p. 13 John J. Murphy Volume at Cather Book Shop p. 15 WCPM announces 1985 trip … daughter of Roscoe Cather dies p. 11 First scholarly volumes to be produced p. 37 … 51.3 Winter 2008 Issue Editor: Ann Romines Managing Editor: Betty Kort …
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Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… story with the Willa Cather Foundation, please contact: Catherine Pond, Marketing Coordinator, at cpond@WillaCather.org — she'd love to hear from you! To learn …
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Sunflower Trails Across the Great Plains
… And all along it, wherever it looped or ran, the sunflowers grew; some of them were as big as little trees, with … dozens of blossoms. They made a golden ribbon across the prairie. Occasionally one of the horses would tear off with … using the colorful blooms as trail markers came to be. Cather directly referenced the trail on the Laramie Plain of …
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