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20 years ago, Red Cloud, Nebraska, seemed all but dead. Now the hometown of Willa Cather is changing its fate
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Red Cloud, Nebraska (NE 68970) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders
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