June 2026 • Nebraskaland 49
Loup River Hunt,
ca. 1915
This is my father, John
C. Poppe (right). His
hunting companion
is unknown to me.
They lived in Scotia
and hunted the Loup
rivers area.
– Paul Poppe Newmyer,
North Platte
First Mule Deer for Dad, ca. 1945
My father, Matt Freeman, grandfather Jesse and uncle
Douglas pose with the local game warden after a mule
deer hunt. The mounted head still hangs on my wall.
– Mark Freeman, Dallas
Me and Hank, 1986
Hank was owned by my hunting partner, Terry Rasmussen,
in northern Howard County. Great times hunting there in
the '50s and '60s.
– Henry "Hank" Lokke, Omaha
Jackrabbits near Wahoo, ca. 1941
Martin Hobza and I (right) show the results of a two-
hour jackrabbit hunt 10 miles west of Wahoo in 1941.
– Dick Novotny, Omaha
The Magic Bullet, 1918
My great-grandpa Allen Cooper and his son, Richard,
show the coyotes they shot with, as family legend tells,
one shell.
– Marla Cooper Wademan, Crete
Hunting the Edwards Homestead, 1910
My grandmother, Delania Edwards Adamson, top second
from the left, poses with her brothers and neighbors at
the Edwards Homestead — now the Ford family ranch.
– Marge Adamson Harris, Lincoln
