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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… Image Image Image Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes May 1, 2023 Explore the Willa … changes in each month and season. Wildflowers abound in early summer and for much of August you will find " … countryside, and includes settings from Willa Cather's novels and childhood: homesteads and related cemeteries, …
Posted: 07/30/2019
Last Updated: 09/10/2023

"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package

… “I am not exaggerating . . . 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, 1945 Spend three inspiring days exploring … home to the windswept prairie that memorializes her, visitors of all ages and backgrounds are guaranteed to …
Posted: 09/18/2019
Last Updated: 03/21/2023

Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie

… National Pollinator Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  "We come and go, … a great place to bring a picnic !] Willa Cather returned to Red Cloud frequently to visit family and friends and to “get out …
Posted: 06/26/2020
Last Updated: 07/19/2022

Experience America’s Literary Legacy

… depart Red Cloud with a fresh idea of Willa Cather and the Great Plains. Come witness the sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of … literary legacy is at one with the very soul of the places that so inspired her brilliant career — and still …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 10/14/2025

School Field Trips

… School Field Trips Explore Cather's Childhood Home & More The National Willa Cather … or taking a deep dive into the world of My Ántonia or O Pioneers! , students and educators will gain new insights …
Posted: 01/16/2023
Last Updated: 08/14/2025

Meet Intern William Kelly

… at the Burlington Depot, beginning to read through Willa Cather’s work, and exploring the prairie and rural … It adds another dimension to her stories when you can walk around the setting of that story, whether it’s Hanover, … after that, I’ll move on to the famed My Ántonia . I try to take my reading out to the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie as …
Posted: 07/01/2019
Last Updated: 07/03/2019

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