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Lucy Gayheart

… Image Lucy Gayheart Book Club Resources Lucy Gayheart is a bright eighteen-year-old who heads to the big …
Posted: 07/11/2023
Last Updated: 07/21/2023

All Aboard! West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… of her works, like My Ántonia , “The Sculptor’s Funeral,” Lucy Gayheart , and an early play, “The West Bound Train.”  After …
Posted: 04/30/2026
Last Updated: 04/30/2026

Support

… life as the National Willa Cather Center. Become a Member Shop the Bookstore Become a Member Become a Member Make A … Opera House Sponsor Conference Sponsor Conference Sponsor Shop Shop Reinterpreting the Burlington Depot Support Our Newest …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 03/31/2026

Finding Aids

…  1762-1973 Bulk dates:  1918-1943 Finding Aid created by Tracy Sanford Tucker, 2015 Copyright: National Willa Cather Center Extent: … Willa Cather, possibly Edith Lewis Finding Aid:  created by Tracy Tucker 2013. Updated by Christina Wolak 2022. …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/09/2026

All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… Willa Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome visitors of all ages to explore the sights and … the railway as a vehicle for the settlement of the West. About the Depot The original two-story section of the depot, … use of non-artifact tactile tools, props, and papers. More About the Project Image Key themes of the exhibit will …
Posted: 02/14/2024
Last Updated: 10/30/2025

Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, … cities in Europe where I used to love to go. " —Willa Cather, in a letter to childhood friend, Carrie Miner … gave her inspiration and insights. The house—now owned and operated by the Willa Cather Foundation—is a retreat for …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

Making a Place: A Long History of Red Cloud

… As we mark the publication centenary of Willa Cather's A Lost Lady , a new permanent exhibit for the Farmers and Merchants … life and as portrayed as Captain and Mrs. Forrester in A Lost Lady ; town-making and homesteading; banking and the …
Posted: 07/18/2023
Last Updated: 08/22/2025

Animal Engine Theatre Company presents "Henrietta Solway"

… “El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional,” and novels A Lost Lady, The Professor’s House, and Lucy Gayheart are woven …
Posted: 02/18/2021
Last Updated: 07/23/2024

Making a Place Exhibit Opening!

… States We are excited to welcome guests to the opening of our newest permanent exhibit,  Making a Place: A Long … became acquainted with Lyra and Silas Garber during her childhood in Red Cloud and used them as prototypes for … in two of Cather's other writings: the short story "Two Friends," and the novel  Lucy Gayheart . The bank is also …
Posted: 01/29/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … Death Comes for the Archbishop ; the tiny enclave of French culture that was Quebec City at the end of the seventeenth … an important first step for Cather—she wrote much of the material it published herself, fiction, nonfiction, and …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024

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