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Historical Highway MarkersWillow ShadeB-17
This house, built in 1858, was the childhood home of novelist Willa Cather from 1874 to 1883, when she moved with her family to Nebraska. It was the setting of the final chapters of her novel SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL. Willa Cather was born December 7, 1873, one mile south in the community of Gore then known as Back Creek Valley.
Department of Conservation and Historic Resources, 1986 See a problem? Report it to HighwayMarkers@dhr.virginia.gov. |
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