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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • Learn • Shop • … 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 … Cather only spent the second half of her childhood in Red Cloud, she returned often to visit family and friends. She …
Posted: 11/13/2024
Last Updated: 11/17/2024

Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud

… Image Road Scholars Visit Red Cloud October 25, 2019 In early October 2019, sixteen Road Scholars spent an immersive five days engaged in a special program planned through the National Willa Cather Center. With a well-planned itinerary offered …
Posted: 10/23/2019
Last Updated: 11/21/2019

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; … of our National existence.” Cather often returned to Red Cloud to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with her family. … and Christmas that you and I had in the old house in Red Cloud. What a happy time that was for me! I shall always …
Posted: 11/06/2025
Last Updated: 11/07/2025

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 … two exquisite narrated videos of our prairie experiences. CONTACT : To schedule a Country or Prairie Tour, or for additional information, contact Rachel Olsen, Education Coordinator, at  …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

Soundstitching: Sites and Sounds of Willa Cather's World

… Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Art Gallery Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | 12am - Saturday, Jun 11, 2022 … States In this exhibition, artist Cassia Kite's distinctive Soundstitching process allows visitors to experience Willa Cather's world in a whole new way. Soundstitching: Sites and Sounds of Willa Cather's World transforms the …
Posted: 03/15/2022
Last Updated: 05/24/2023

Welcome to the home of Willa Cather

… Welcome to the home of Willa Cather Willa Cather Center By preserving some of the … and beyond through education, preservation, and the arts. Visit Visit Learn Learn Events Events Research Research Get … and on news of activities of the Willa Cather Foundation in Red Cloud and elsewhere. The journal is intended for …
Posted: 12/07/2022
Last Updated: 09/10/2026

National Willa Cather Center

… Image National Willa Cather Center Advancing Her Legacy The National Willa … buildings and sites devoted to any American author. Your visit to the Center comes with the unique experience of an … appointment) Take in a performance or exhibit at the Red Cloud Opera House Hike, stargaze, or watch the sunrise …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 05/14/2026

Visit

… Center is an award-winning museum in the heart of Cather's hometown. Explore exhibits and collections, or visit historic sites like the Willa Cather Childhood Home for an intimate look at the lived world of … Cather Prairie Cather's Red Cloud Cather's Red Cloud Guided Tours The Best Way to Explore Red Cloud The National Willa …
Posted: 12/13/2022
Last Updated: 10/23/2025

Personal Connections to Cather’s Hometown Inspire Kohout’s Legacy Gift

… Image Kohout at Willa Cather's grave in Jaffrey, NH Image Viewing Cather's … Nebraska. Kohout grew up in Texas, but each summer she visited her mother’s family in Lincoln, Nebraska. She has … stop there. She has attended the Willa Cather Foundation’s immersive weekend in Taos, New Mexico , and this summer …
Posted: 09/10/2024
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation

… Loren Johnson Retired Teacher Leaves Unexpected Gift to the Willa Cather Foundation April 10, 2025 Ask Loren Johnson’s former … kindness and compassion. In fact, Johnson cared so deeply about others that he rarely shared much about his own life …
Posted: 04/10/2025
Last Updated: 09/29/2025

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