Welcome to Historic Red Cloud: Great Stories Grow Here!

Set amidst brick-lined streets, charming homes, historic buildings, and the immense beauty of the prairie, Red Cloud offers a glimpse into a storied American past while maintaining a progressive vision for the future. Willa Cather’s prairie novels introduced the world to the community and have left indelible impressions in the minds of her readers. Yet rich literary history is only one part of this unique town’s present-day draw. Your off-the-beaten path adventure will let you explore a rural lifestyle while also immersing yourself in arts, culture, history, and recreational pursuits.

 
 

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Community News

October 1, 2024

Learn more about Zebulon Pike and the Pawnee Village Site, Hardwick Park, Not Too Far Distant, and so much more in this month's Visit Red Cloud newsletter! 

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August 30, 2024

Learn more about John Schwichtenberg who was recently hired as the General Manager for the Hotel Garber! 

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August 30, 2024

Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the FY24 recipients of its largest museum grant funding opportunity, Museums for America (MFA). One...READ MORE...

 

Events

4pm @The National Willa Cather Center
October 26, 2024

National Willa Cather Center

We’re excited to be hosting our second writers cohort in Red Cloud for their two-week intensive residency in October. You won’t want to miss the sharing of their work-in-progress with readings and conversation from our panel of five writers! This event is free and open to all.

Meet The Writers

All day, departing from Omaha and Lincoln
October 29, 2024

National Willa Cather Center
413 N Webster St
Red Cloud, NE 68970
United States

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an original play by Becky Boesen
November 01, 2024

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"It’s almost unbelievable that anyone could be hardened to the point of doing the brutal things they did…”

A young man from the Midwest is sent to war, carrying with him the hopes of the free world.

What Staff Sergeant Clarence Williams encounters there challenges and changes humanity forever. History touches the present when a new generation takes a journey through time to experience World War II alongside Clarence himself.

6pm to 8pm @Red Cloud Opera House
November 16, 2024