Historical Highway Markers

Willa Cather Birthplace

B-18

Here Willa Sibert Cather, the novelist, was born December 7, 1873. This community was her home until 1883 when her family moved to Nebraska. Nearby on Back Creek stands the old mill described in her novel "Sapphira and the Slave Girl."

Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, 1970

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