Every year, Dennis Hansen, Terry Peirce, Bob Mann, Brad Wulf, Tracy Wiegert and Mike Liljedahl get together for a hunting trip in the fall outside of Red Cloud, Neb. The tradition goes back 27 years to when Hansen and Peirce went on a hunting trip back then and started bringing in friends from out of town. Red Cloud, a town with a population of 935, down 17% in the 2009 census, has all the charm and challenges that face small towns in rural America. Famed turn-of-the-century author Willa Cather grew up in Red Cloud.