May 2019 • Nebraskaland 61
This photo was taken in 1918 on the family homestead near Inavale in Webster
County. Pictured, at right, is my grandpa Cooper (Richard I.). On the left is my
great-grandpa Cooper (Allen A.). The story goes that they shot both coyotes with
the same shell. This would be my father's dad and grandpa. My father is Richard A.
Cooper and he is 88 years old.
Also on the Cooper homestead was a sod house where my father was born. My
dad and aunts used to talk about snakes and other creatures that would try to go
through the outside wall to get inside. My aunt Mable told me she would kill the
snakes with a hoe as they were crawling through the wall.
– Marla Cooper Wademan, Crete
