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Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen Road … reviews: “This was a delightful combination of literature, history, and staying at the Cather Second Home in Red Cloud …
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Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud

… niece, 1909 Annotations From the Archives: Thanksgiving in Red Cloud November 7, 2025 "There we have short, bitter winters; … Red Cloud was.” If you've ever thought of coming home (or visiting) Red Cloud over the holidays, Cather's dear old …
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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

… Park in Richmond, Virginia, and later joined the staff of Historic Hanover Tavern and taught at … believed motivated his father to remember the Willa Cather Foundation in his estate plan, Alex Kyle said, “My dad was … to celebrating literature and its way of educating people about early life on the Great Plains.” With his bequest, Dr. …
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Exhibit Tour

… collection of nationally designated historic buildings and sites devoted to any American author. Your visit to the …
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Cather After Dark: Mourning, Medicine, and Murder

… night of fun! Contact visitor services coordinator Nick Powers at npowers@willacather.org to arrange for accessibility …
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Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House

… Image Lodging at the Cather Second Home Guest House " I am not … a letter to childhood friend, Carrie Miner Sherwood [April 29, 1945] Visitors to Red Cloud are invited to book a stay … a shared half bathroom. Named after the Nebraska town in  O Pioneers! , the room is above the former kitchen with its …
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National Willa Cather Center

… Take in a performance or exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House Hike, stargaze, or watch the sunrise and sunset at … travel; happiness and sadness; the bitter and the sweet.   About the Exhibit Introductory Short Film About Willa Cather …
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Remembering Jennifer Hein

… April 2, 2026 The National Willa Cather Center is honored to recognize the legacy of Jennifer Jean Hein, whose … home state of Nebraska and its literary heritage. During a visit to Red Cloud for the 2024 Spring Conference, she expressed …
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Fight Against Slavery on the Great Plains

… Nebraska historian Bill Hayes discusses the issue of slavery in the U.S. during the 1850s and the controversy … their journey north to freedom. Willa Cather's final novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940) depicts a similarly harrowing journey, basing …
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