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Webster County is located in south-central Nebraska along the Kansas Border. Red Cloud is its largest town and county seat with 1,100 people. The county is located about 40 miles south of Hastings.
Visitors are drawn to Webster to visit the childhood home of Nebraska author Willa Cather in Red Cloud. The Heritage Highway Scenic Byway, also known as U.S. Highway 136, provides a picturesque journey across the breadth of Webster County.
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Heritage Highway Scenic Byway
The Heritage Highway Scenic Byway stretches 238 miles east-west on U.S. Highway 136 starting in Brownville and ending mid-state not far from Holdrege. This road-less-traveled begins on the banks of ...
Willa Cather State Historic Site
The Willa Cather State Historic Site encompasses 20 historic buildings in Red Cloud and the surrounding area related to the life of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Cather moved to the ...
