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Holcomb-Arneson Family
Image Mary Holcomb Arneson Image Mary Holcomb Arneson Homestead Patent Image 1926 Old Settlers Picnic at Malick Park Holcomb-Arneson Family Joseph C. Holcomb came to the Walnut Creek area of Webster County (southwest of Red Cloud) in 1870. A year later, …
Posted: 02/27/2024
Last Updated: 03/01/2024
Ludlow Family
Image William Ludlow portrait, courtesy Webster County Historical Museum Image William Ludlow portrait, verso Ludlow Family William Ludlow (1814–1902) came from Brush Grove, Iowa, to Webster County in 1873. He and his wife Prudence Candace Bailey first …
Posted: 02/27/2024
Last Updated: 03/01/2024
O.C. and Evangeline King Case
… effective manner before a jury. He served one term as a Nebraska state senator. In the mid-1880s, Case began to be … the lives of hundreds of students and teachers across Nebraska, including Willa Cather, who remembered her teacher …
Posted: 02/25/2024
Last Updated: 02/27/2024
The Potter Family
… from New York to Nebraska to live with and work for area farmers. Charles R. Potter (1840–1931) was born in the … R. Potter, was 21 when they were married, having left his home in Owego, N.Y. the year before to come to Illinois where he had relatives. He and his father never agreed very well, so he left home and came west, as …
Posted: 08/11/2023
Last Updated: 02/27/2024
The Thomas Family
Image Mervin "Mel" Larue Thomas, editor of the Red Cloud Chief Image Mervin Thomas was the third editor of the Red Cloud Chief Image Lorenzo Dow Thomas Image Lorenzo Dow Thomas Image Lorenzo Thomas's 1871 Receipt for Land Claim Image Lorenzo Dow Thomas …
Posted: 02/25/2024
Last Updated: 02/27/2024
The Foster Family
Image Eva Foster, photographed in Red Cloud's Bradbrook Studio Image All students—regardless of race—attended Washington School The Foster Family According to his death notice in the Red Cloud Weekly Advertiser , John Foster (1855–1924) came to Red Cloud …
Posted: 02/25/2024
Last Updated: 02/27/2024
Rachel Olsen
… Image Rachel Olsen Director of Education & Engagement Rachel Olsen joined the Willa Cather Foundation as a tour guide in …
Posted: 01/06/2023
Last Updated: 02/22/2024
Virtual Author Series: Chris Harding Thornton
Image Author Series Thursday, Mar 21, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Take a trip to 1930s Omaha and its fictionalized criminal past in Little Underworld , a new noir mystery from Nebraska novelist Chris Harding Thornton! Hear an excerpt from her …
Posted: 01/02/2024
Last Updated: 02/22/2024
Making a Place Exhibit Opening!
… Cloud invites visitors to explore Willa Cather's novel A Lost Lady through topics that are both present and absent in … life and as portrayed as Captain and Mrs. Forrester in A Lost Lady ; town-making and homesteading; banking and the …
Posted: 01/29/2024
Last Updated: 02/21/2024
Conference Sponsorship
… Spring Conference . As one of the most significant literary events in the country, Spring Conference has become a … or your business with one of Nebraska's storied annual events and one of the most respected not-for-profit …
Posted: 01/17/2023
Last Updated: 02/21/2024