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Willa Cather's Red Cloud
… Red Cloud Walk in her footsteps. Stay in her town. "I'm not exaggerating, Carrie, when I confide to you that I would rather go home to Red Cloud than to any of the beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love … letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood Red Cloud, Nebraska is not just a destination. It’s a place where literature and …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 03/05/2024
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 …
Posted: 08/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/27/2024
Willa Cather Biography
… George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic portrait … 1921. Rinehart-Marsden Studios. Today Willa Cather is one of the most important American novelists of the first … matriculation requirements.) Having just arrived from a small town, she took full advantage of the capital's …
Posted: 01/11/2023
Last Updated: 01/09/2024
Willa Cather Timeline
… Gere, Cather visits Brownville, Nebraska. A feature story about Brownville titled "The Old River Metropolis" was … graduates from the University of Nebraska and joins the staff of the Courier . While still working for the … House. (It would not reopen until after the Willa Cather Foundation begins its restoration efforts beginning in 1991 …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/09/2023
Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes
… this preserved 612 acres of never-been-plowed prairie is just north of the geographic center of the contiguous United … land within the context of Willa Cather’s writings. Another way to lose yourself in Cather's world is to take our … Can't visit in person? Take these virtual prairie tours any time with our Education Director, Tracy Tucker, who …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023
National Willa Cather Center
… Image National Willa Cather Center Walk in Her Footsteps. Stay in Her Town. Let … group tours, student field trips, small corporate or literary retreats, book clubs, and family gatherings — or …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/24/2023
10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather!
… Image Image 10 Ways to Celebrate 150 Years of Willa Cather! April 26, 2023 Experience the prairie world of … [Catch a viewing party, or watch live on C-SPAN when her sculpture by Omaha sculptor Littleton Alston is installed in …
Posted: 04/18/2023
Last Updated: 05/02/2023
Willa Cather Goes Back to School, Almost
… futures for the Red Cloud boys and girls. There is nothing for us to do now but to try to realize those … but my hurried departure will not leave me time to prepare any sort of paper to send you. I would be glad to write … Lincoln, that I saw comparatively little of my old friends. Just before I went away to school Miss King had married Mr. …
Posted: 08/27/2019
Last Updated: 05/02/2023
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Sarah Rowe
… Image 49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Sarah Rowe December 10, 2021 Lakota artist … to 49 Minutes of Fame at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery. Satirical in nature, Rowe says “Commercial Break” … artist,” Rowe says. “He just saw the need for that connection. Building this collective where we can talk about …
Posted: 12/10/2021
Last Updated: 07/19/2022
Member Profile: Meet Jerry and Susan Anderson
… School and teaches environmental law while Susan has retired from a career in education law. Both avid Willa Cather … the organization will achieve in the near future? In the long term? Because Cather’s work drew so much on her … on the site. And maybe some pavement that would make the road passable? Lots of possibilities, if the funds are …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 12/30/2019