Here on the Divide between the Republican and the Little Blue lived some of the most courageous people of the frontier. Their fortunes and their loves live again in the writings of Willa Cather, daughter of the plains and interpreter of mans . . . — — Map (db m287674) HM
The village of Cowles, founded in 1878 and incorporated in 1912, in 1913 approved a bond issue of $14,000 to construct a three-story brick schoolhouse on this site. It was completed in 1915. Classes were taught there to the eleventh grade level. . . . — — Map (db m287669) HM
Cowles Alumni Killed in Action
WWI
Dewey Fuller
WWII
Robert H. Beitler William H. Harrington David Johnson Donald Merrill Charles E. Riggins Robert Taylor Ralph Thompson
Korean
Wayne J. Fair . . . — — Map (db m287668) WM
Built in 1897, the main section of Red Cloud's Burlington Depot contained sleeping quarters on the second floor, and freight room, agent's office, and waiting room below. The building was moved here from its site near the tracks directly . . . — — Map (db m77974) HM
Built ca. 1876, this is the house in which Willa Cather lived from 1884 to 1890. She describes it in "Old Mrs. Harris," in "The Best Years," and in this quotation from Song of the Lark:
"They turned into another street and saw . . . — — Map (db m77976) HM
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To the memory of the unknown dead of the Union Army and Navy, 1861-65
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In memory of those loyal women who gave their lives to aid our country's defenders, W.R.C. No. 14
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On fame's . . . — — Map (db m287570) WM
This cottonwood was planted in front of the first business in this location, the Taylor Hotel, a log building which catered to buffalo hunters. The upper one half story was a dormitory and in the lower level their food was served. The menu featured . . . — — Map (db m85671) HM
Fire is as much a part of the prairie landscape as grass. Historically, fire occurred naturally, but the prairie's native people also used fire, understanding that the resulting new growth would attract game for hunting. While grasses and forbs . . . — — Map (db m287660) HM
Built in 1884 on the corner of Second and Walnut, the Grace Protestant Episcopal Church was moved to its present location in 1891. The brick veneer was added sometime after 1922. Willa Cather joined this church in 1922 and remained a loyal . . . — — Map (db m77978) HM
This prairie is a small remnant of an immense, sloping prairie that once ran unbroken from Canada to central Texas. Its original inhabitants, the Pawnee tribe, farmed and hunted here for hundreds of years before the arrival of America's . . . — — Map (db m287642) HM
Red Cloud, named for the Oglala Sioux chief, was founded early in 1871 on homestead land filed upon by Silas Garber and company July 17, 1870, at Beatrice, the nearest land office. It is one of the oldest communities in the Republican Valley. When . . . — — Map (db m77975) HM
The St. Juliana Falconieri Catholic Church was built in 1883 of brick fired at Red Cloud. It served Red Cloud's Catholic congregation until 1906 when it was sold and converted into a private residence. Here, Annie Pavelka, the Antonia of . . . — — Map (db m287573) HM
On April 10, 1871, Acting Governor William James issued a proclamation calling for the organization of Webster County, with officials to be elected nine days later. The dugout of Silas Garber, later to serve as Nebraska's governor, was the polling . . . — — Map (db m77977) HM
Our prairie, like much of the Great Plains, is part of a larger community of temperate grasslands. Prairie ecosystems are notable for having mostly grasses, flowering plants, and shrubs instead of large trees as their dominant vegetation. . . . — — Map (db m287575) HM
American buffalo (Bison bison) are a keystone species on the North American prairies, and their absence markedly changes the prairie ecosystem. Buffalo are uniquely adapted to the prairie: they require less water and withstand the prairie's . . . — — Map (db m287647) HM
Willa Cather first came to Webster County from Virginia in 1883 at the age of nine. The vast open prairies of Nebraska made a lasting impression on her. "This country was mostly wild pasture and as naked as the back of your hand. I was little and . . . — — Map (db m77973) HM
