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Escape Into Willa Cather's Prairie Landscapes

… roads "—just as Willa Cather described them in  My Ántonia . In summer and early fall, you can also catch … cemeteries, churches, the Pavelka Farm made famous in  My Ántonia ,   and the Republican River where the Cather … over our heads making slow shadows on the grass. . . ." —My Ántonia Can't visit in person? Take these virtual prairie …
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"A Walk in Her Footsteps" Weekend Tour Package

… Ready to schedule your exclusive visit? Please contact : Nick Powers at the National Willa Cather Center at  npowers@willacather.org  or 402-746-2653. Our office hours …
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Celebrate National Pollinator Week on the Prairie

… and friends and to “get out among the folk who like me for myself,” as she said in a 1921 interview. "The ideas for all my novels have come from things that happened around Red … country then, on foot, on horseback and in our farm wagons. My nose went poking into nearly everything.” The prairie …
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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

… Trips Explore Cather's Childhood Home & More The National Willa Cather Center offers customizable experiences for … on display in the Red Cloud Opera House Art Gallery. Take part in an archival learning activity. During a … of country tour stops as weather and transportation permit. Walk the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie . Complete additional …
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Meet Intern William Kelly

… and what brought you to the Willa Cather Foundation? My upbringing split time between Omaha, Nebraska, and … LaGrange, Indiana. I’m a proud alum of Wabash College where my passion for history first took root and flourished. Currently, I’m heading into my second year of a master’s program in history at the …
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