The Pavelka Farmstead, also known as the Antonia Farmstead, is a house located near Bladen in rural Webster County in south-central Nebraska, on land once owned and occupied by John and Anna Sadilek Pavelka. The farmstead provided a setting, and its occupants characters, for several of the works of author Willa Cather, who grew up in Webster County.
House and cellar entrance
Pavelka farmstead, viewed from the south along county road 1100
My Ántonia is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, which is considered one of her best works.
First edition dustjacket
Landscape of the Cather homestead
Pavelka house in rural Webster County, Nebraska, setting of "Cuzak's Boys"