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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 … land within the context of Willa Cather’s writings. Another way to lose yourself in Cather's world is to take our … Can't visit in person? Take these virtual prairie tours any time with our Education Director, Tracy Tucker, who …
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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package

… beautiful cities in Europe where I used to love to go.”  – Willa Cather, 1945 Spend three inspiring days exploring … Cather's world and Red Cloud with our newly launched "A Walk In Her Footsteps" weekend tour! The National Willa … the sites and sounds that changed American literature. Take a detour from the scramble of urbanity and absorb the …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie

… Pollinator Week on the Prairie June 15, 2022 Visit the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie  "We come and go, but the land … strangeness,’ of saturating color and light. When you walk the Cather Prairie, you move not only backward in time … Cather’s Prairie ,” The New Yorker We encourage you to take guided tours that depart from the National Willa Cather …
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Experience America’s Literary Legacy

… is her childhood bedroom and its original wallpaper in The Song of the Lark  or the Miner House that became the Harling home in My … around you. Listen only to the sound of the wind and the larks or the gentle murmur of cattle — or just the sound of …
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School Field Trips

… School Field Trips Explore Cather's Childhood Home & More The National Willa Cather Center offers customizable experiences for students of all ages and grade levels! Whether learning about Willa Cather and Nebraska history for the first time, …
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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 …
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