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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, … engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered … and visited the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie. They also experienced our “ Country Tour ” on board a vintage trolley …
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The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program

… Image The Red Cloud Opera House is on the Nebraska Passport Program April … Travelers will have from May 1 through September 30 to visit the attractions and get their stamps. The summer … and its people—from the things we make to our unique history,” said Passport Program Coordinator Amanda Barker. …
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Joseph Kyle’s Last Visit Leads to Unexpected Bequest

… believed motivated his father to remember the Willa Cather Foundation in his estate plan, Alex Kyle said, “My dad was really impressed with the Foundation’s dedication to celebrating literature and its … comprised of individuals who have arranged to extend their support of the Willa Cather Foundation beyond their …
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Annotations From the Archives: Ask-An-Archivist

… Blackman Sell in a short article for the Chicago Daily News , Cather is "pronounced to rhyme with rather, if you …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not exaggerating, Carrie, when I confide to you that I …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… United States "The type of writer we have been talking about has a brain like Limbo, full of ghosts, for which he … and disturbing moments in Cather's fiction? Are you curious about 19th century funeral practices and medical treatments? Do you want to know more about the true crime experiences of past Red Cloud …
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All Aboard: West-Bound Trains in American Culture

… Cather Center’s historic Burlington Depot will soon welcome visitors of all ages to explore the sights and sounds of the railway! When the railroad opened in Red Cloud in 1878, the fortunes of the town were forever …
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Reinterpreting the Pavelka Farmstead

… a walking path and access ramp were established to make the site accessible.  The Pavelka Farmstead embodies not only … Plains at the dawn of the twentieth century.  While the site is open for guided tours, it remains a hollow space. … tried to foreground two fundamental questions: Why is this site/object/person important to Red Cloud? Why is this …
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Conservation of Willa Cather's Attic Bedroom Wallpaper

… Manan. Remarkably preserved here in rural Red Cloud is a simple attic bedroom which, for a few pivotal years in a …
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Jaydene Miner Drew Joins the Cather Legacy Society to Preserve Ancestral Home

… from New York to Las Vegas for work and had stopped in Red Cloud to see the town where he’d spent summers as a child. … in Las Vegas to make the return trip, and he insisted they visit again so that she could see the town associated with …
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