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Red Cloud, population 1,100, is the largest town in Webster County. It’s known as the childhood home of Nebraska author Willa Cather, but it was named for the legendary Oglala Sioux Chief Red Cloud. His granddaughter’s grave is located south of town on a bluff that overlooks the Republican River.
The Willa Cather State Historic Site preserves many buildings in Red Cloud pertinent to Cather’s writing. You can tour her childhood home and visit the prairie settings she brought to life in her books.
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Heritage Highway Scenic Byway
The Heritage Highway Scenic Byway stretches 238 miles east-west on U.S. Highway 136 starting in Brownville and ending mid-state not far from Holdrege. This road-less-traveled begins on the banks of ...
Willa Cather State Historic Site
The Willa Cather State Historic Site encompasses 20 historic buildings in Red Cloud and the surrounding area related to the life of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Cather moved to the ...
