June 2026 • Nebraskaland 47
Hunting Near Agate, ca. early 1900s
My grandfather, John Wesley Warren, center
bottom row, used hunting to provide meat for
their family and some to sell.
– Jim Warren, Gretna
Fishing at Lake Ericson, 1933
Pictured are Lawrence, my dad Jim, Francis, Grandpa
John, Dave and Al — all Van Ackerens. I still have Dad's
wooden tacklebox.
– Larry Van Ackeren, Yutan
Turtle Creek Catch, ca. 1935
Bernard Rischling, Warren Rischling, Francis Fixemer and
Jack Adams — all from Geneva — after a day of fishing.
– Patty Adams, Omaha
Wood River Waterfowl, ca. late 1920s/early 1930s
This is my great-grandfather, Jack Glass, with Bill Glass and
Mort Mackey after a Platte River hunt near Wood River.
– Andrew Glass, Hastings
Crow Shoot, ca. 1947
Kennerd Palmer, Ralph Kohler and I pose with more
than 500 crows shot off their roost back when crows
were considered a disease carrier and this was legal.
– Gordon Cram, Tekamah
