For the first time, this popular one-day tour is being offered on two dates—including a Saturday option!

Spend a full day in Red Cloud, Nebraska, the hometown of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather. This one-day tour brings Cather’s world to life as you travel through the “Divide” described in O Pioneers!, visit the Willa Cather Childhood Home, and explore other historic sites and landscapes connected to My Ántonia.

Saturday, September 19, 2026
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The all-inclusive bus package is $195 per person and includes round-trip transportation from Omaha or Lincoln, lunch and dinner, guided tours of historic sites, admission to permanent exhibits, and a special viewing of materials from the National Willa Cather Center archives.

A commuter option is available for $95 per person for guests who prefer to travel to Red Cloud independently. The commuter package includes daytime tour activities and lunch but does not include bus transportation or dinner.

Can’t attend on September 19?
View the Tuesday, September 22 tour.

ITINERARY

8:15 Depart Omaha
9:15 Pick up Additional Passengers in Lincoln
11:30 Arrive in Red Cloud
12:00 Lunch at Hotel Garber
12:50 Tours

Farmers and Merchants Bank
Willa Cather Childhood Home, a National Historic Landmark
Red Cloud Burlington Depot
J. L. Miner House of My Ántonia
Grace Episcopal Church

3:00 Return to National Willa Cather Center

Browse permanent exhibit, American Bittersweet: The Life & Writing of Willa Cather
Refreshments and time to shop the bookstore
Meet the archivist and view select special collection pieces

4:00 Depart for Pavelka Farmstead of My Ántonia
5:00 Depart and dinner on the go
7:45 Arrive in Lincoln
8:45 Arrive in Omaha