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Red Cloud is a city in and the county seat of Webster County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 962 at the 2020 census.
Red Cloud was a booming, growing pioneer community that saw eight passenger trains a day come through its Burlington Depot. Garber and a group of local business men named the town Red Cloud in honor of the chief of the Oglala tribe of the Teton-Lakota Sioux.
Located in Cather’s childhood hometown of Red Cloud, Nebraska, the Center provides almost 20,000 square feet of space that includes a public museum, archive, research center, classroom, bookstore, art gallery, and performing arts center.
Feb 15, 2024 · Red Cloud ( Makhpiya-luta, l. 1822-1909) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, statesman, and military strategist who became the only Native American leader of the Plains Indians to win a war against the United States.
Red Cloud ( Lakota: Maȟpíya Lúta; c. 1822 – December 10, 1909) was a leader of the Oglala Lakota from 1865 to 1909. [1] . He was one of the most capable Native American opponents whom the United States Army faced in the western territories.
Spend a weekend in Red Cloud and experience life in rural America. From hiking trails on the Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, to one of the top 9-hole golf courses in the state, to top notch hunting and fishing opportunities, we have something for everyone.
Aug 18, 2009 · Beginning in 1866, Red Cloud orchestrated the most successful war against the United States ever fought by an Indian nation. The army had begun to construct forts along the Bozeman Trail, which ran through the heart of Lakota territory in present-day Wyoming to the Montana gold fields from Colorado’s South Platte River.
Willa Cather Timeline. Major Events & Milestones. 1870 — Silas Garber, former captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871 — In Silas Garber’s dugout, Webster County and the town of Red Cloud are officially organized.
Red Cloud, city, seat (1871) of Webster county, southern Nebraska, U.S. It lies near the Republican River, a few miles north of the Kansas state line, about 35 miles (55 km) south of Hastings. First settled by Capt. Silas Garber (state governor, 1875–79), it was laid out in 1872 and named for the.
