Interesting Facts:
- NELSON, NEBRASKA investigate the mysterious faces carved on the side of a building.
- ARAPAHOE, NEBRASKA get a soda at one of the oldest soda fountains in the state
- AURORA, NEBRASKA see where the world's largest hail stone fell. (largest in circumference)
- GUIDE ROCK, NEBRASKA search for clues of 8 1/2 foot Tahoe Indians that are now extinct.
- RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA home of Wila Cather one of Nebraska's famous authors.
Faces of Nelson
The mystery of the faces carved on the Stansbury building in Nelson. For more information check out: http://www.sca-roadside.org
The world's largest hail stone (in circumference) found in the yard of Aric & Tamera Brophy in Aurora.
Willa Cather was born in Virginia in 1873 and moved with her family to live in Webster County at the age of nine. After graduating from Red Cloud High School in 1890, she attended the university in Lincoln, Nebraska for five years, then moved to the east coast for the remainder of her life. She died in 1947 and was buried in New Hampshire.
The years in Red Cloud were important and formative years in the writer's life. Six of her twelve novels are set in the Red Cloud and Webster County of her youth, including One of Ours, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1922.
You can visit many of Cather's historical sites by taking a trip to Red Cloud, NE.
