56 Nebraskaland • April 2023
PORTRAITS FROM THE PAST
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Trout fishing from Lake McConaughy, 1973
Kevin Clemens, David Isom and Jeanne
Clemens around 1973 with trout from Otter
Creek at Lake McConaughy. Submitted by
Kevin's sisters, Lisa Hadenfeldt and Kim
Schaaf.
– Lisa Hadenfeldt, Scottsbluff
Waterfowl hunting main Loup River, 1935
My grandfather, Lavern "Curly" Jacobsen (left), and
Virgil Welsh (right). Dr. Leschinsky took this photo of
72 mallard drakes and one goose shot on the main Loup
River between Palmer and Fullerton. At the time, the
limit was 35 ducks a piece.
Curly taught his children and grandchildren to hunt,
fish and love the outdoors. He served on the Game
Commission for a period of time and was instrumental
in the building of Sherman Reservoir, even donating
the water rights to the project. Virgil owned Citizens
Bank, and both resided in St. Paul. Dr. Leschinsky was a
dentist in Grand Island.
– Shane Jacobsen, Park City, Montana
Deer hunting near Crawford, 1967
Circa 1967: Pictured from left to right: "Unknown military
GI from Texas" and the late brothers, Lester and Lawrence
Hillen, of Leigh. By Lawrence's account, he and Lester were
with a hunting party on a ranch on the Pine Ridge south of
Crawford. After a morning set, the entire party walked back
to the ranch house for lunch. The GI from Texas spotted this
deer on an opposing ridge, leaned against a pine tree and took
the buck with one shot. Lawrence estimated the shot at "300
paces," based on the walk to retrieve the deer after the shot.
– Lawrence's grandson, David Franzen, Columbus
