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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… 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 to go. " —Willa Cather, in a letter to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] … book in the afternoon, or winding down in the evening with friends. Reservations and Policies Price for one room: …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/16/2025

An Immersive Willa Cather Experience

… (see below).  Cather Immersion Package Day 1:  1:00 pm  — Connect with assigned tour guide for a tour of seven Cather …
Posted: 01/22/2025
Last Updated: 07/15/2026

Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… 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 to go … While Willa Cather only spent the second half of her childhood in Red Cloud, she returned often to visit family and friends. She once wrote, "I always return to Nebraska." You …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Notice for Mrs. James Cather p. 2  Board Meeting: Director Hired— JoAnna Lathrop p. 2  Volunteers p. 3  1976 Conference … the Big Rock: Wilder, Cather, and the Problem of Frontier Girls  AUTHOR: Ann Romines, George Washington University p. … Nebraska: Red Cloud Newspapers and Cather's "Hired Girls" in My Antonia p.2 AUTHOR: Daryl W. Palmer …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 01/16/2023

Membership

… National Willa Cather Center and the Red Cloud Opera House Supply of classroom resources to educators and book clubs …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 04/27/2026

Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… 1909 Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud November 7, 2025 "There we have short, bitter winters; windy, flower-laden springs; long, hot summers; triumphant autumns that last … New World autumn is the season of beauty and sentiment, as spring is in the Old World." —Willa Cather,  "Nebraska: The …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

Group and Motorcoach Tours

… country roads or take a Cather Country Tour  of rural settings in the author's novels, including the Pavelka …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/29/2025

Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… starry dark night sky, look no further. The prairie pageant changes in each month and season. Wildflowers abound in …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Valentine's Day Weekend Package

… is very limited. NOTE: Taxes included in package pricing. To schedule your exclusive visit, book online above …
Posted: 12/05/2019
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways

… Image Experience Willa Cather's World in New Ways October 21, 2020 Autumn is one of the best times of year to visit Red Cloud. Sunrises linger over the brick façades of … experience with historic and cultural attributes, unique lodging and dining, and a spectacular prairie landscape far …
Posted: 10/19/2020
Last Updated: 05/20/2021

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