58 NEBRASKAland • APRIL 2015
Top: My grandfather Monroe Brunt
antelope hunting with friend Smalley in the
sandhills north of Lewellen.
Bottom: Trout caught by my grandfather
Monroe Brunt and his friend Neil Dunbar in
North Platte east of Lewellen in May, 1947.
They were going to college in Chadron at the
time. They caught them with fly rods. I still
have the tackle box shown in the picture.
– Ryan Hurlbutt, Kearney, Nebraska
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Jackrabbit hunt in 1929 on Peter Johnson's farm (my great-grandpa)
3
1
⁄2 miles west of Colon, Nebraska. Pictured (L-R) Ernest Johnson (my
grandfather), two cousins and Albert Johnson (my great-uncle). Jacks as big
as the dog. I still hunt this farm, but no jacks today.
– Larry Johnson, Malmo, Nebraska
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This is a photo of my grandfather, Frank Cornwell,
and Daisy, his favorite hunting dog. Frank, who
lived in North Platte his whole life, was the town
blacksmith. His shop, formerly Van Cleave and
Cornwell, and later, Cornwell Blacksmith, was on
West 6th Street. Frank was a lifelong hunter, and
shared his love of hunting with his sons Dean and
Wes. He was known to say, "When it's so cold, you
can't stay warm at home in bed with your wife, you
might as well go hunting." The writing on the back is
that of my grandmother, Bertha, who apparently had
the photograph tinted and enlarged as a Christmas
gift in 1940.
– Karen Cornwell, Los Angeles, California
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