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Nestled in the scenic Republican Valley, Red
Cloud, Nebraska has probably been
described more often in literature than any other village of its size. This
Webster County Seat was once the home of Willa Cather.
Willa Cather (1873-1947), the
noted American author, came from Virginia with her family to live in Webster
County when she was nine years old. She graduated from high school in Red Cloud,
attended the University in Lincoln for five years, then moved to the East where
she spent the rest of her life.
The years in Red Cloud were important and formative years in
the writer's life. Six of her 12 novels, including the Pulitzer Prize winning
novel ONE OF OURS are set, at least in part, in the Red Cloud and Webster County
of her youth.
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