One Day Bus Tour to the National Willa Cather Center
One Day Bus Tour to the National Willa Cather Center
National Willa Cather Center
413 N Webster St
Red Cloud, NE 68970
United States
Join Ruth Haley Keene (Board of Governors) and Steve Shively (former Board of Governors) for a full day in Red Cloud, home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather! On this one-day bus trip, you will experience the “Divide” as described in O Pioneers!, tour the recently restored Willa Cather Childhood Home, and visit other settings from her acclaimed novel My Ántonia. An all-inclusive fee of $175 includes round-trip transportation, lunch and dinner, guided tours of historic sites, access to permanent exhibits, and viewing of special collections in the archive. A commuter rate of $75 per person is available for those who wish to travel independently of the bus.
One-Day Bus Tour Itinerary
8:00 AM Depart Omaha
9:15 AM Depart Lincoln
11:30 AM Arrive at the National Willa Cather Center, watch introductory film, and view the permanent exhibit, American Bittersweet: The Life & Writing of Willa Cather
12:00 PM Lunch in the Red Cloud Opera House
12:50 PM Depart for Tours of Cather historic sites
- Willa Cather Childhood Home, a National Historic Landmark
- Red Cloud Burlington Depot
- J. L. Miner House of My Ántonia
- Grace Episcopal Church
- Farmers and Merchants Bank of A Lost Lady
3:00 PM Refreshments and time to shop the bookstore
3:30 PM Tour of the archive and viewing of select special collection pieces
4:00 PM Depart for Pavelka Farmstead of My Ántonia
5:30 PM Dinner in Hastings*
8:00 PM Arrive in Lincoln
9:00 PM Arrive in Omaha
*The commuter fee does not include dinner.
