May 29, 1940
Jack was born May 29, 1940 in Cherry County, NE to Emil and Vera (Slaby) Malmberg at 3-
Bar Ranch: Brandeis Ranch. He was the 4th of 3 children. Jack married Rita Longcor and had 3 children (Monty, Inger and Steve).
Jack served in the U.S. Army from 1962-64 as a paratrooper, 82nd airborne. He worked on Brandeis for 19 years, Hill Ranch (south of Gordon) from 1959-1969, managed Isham Ranch (north of Chadron) from 1969-1974 then moved to Wyoming with his brother Don and nephew Tony to eventually run Twin Creek Ranch until 1984. They transitioned to horse logging using 10 head of Belgians until 2000. He continued with contract haying in the summers. Jack is a self-taught log builder with more than 50 log homes and lodges across the west.
Now married to Robin Levin, Jack continues raising and working his Belgian, putting up 500 tons in the summer for a few dozen ranches in Wyoming. Jack’s daughter, Inger, and granddaughter, Stephanie, are part of his summer crew keeping the Malmberg horse tradition alive.
At this time, Jack plans to retire at age 95 so he can start traveling the world. He’d like to visit his family birthplace, Malmberg, Sweden north of the Arctic Circle.
In 1958, Jack was U.S.N.A. Champion F.F.A. beef calf of Ak-Sar-Ben; 1963-1964 he was part of the best ranked U.S. Army Engineering Company; 1973-All-Around cowboy at Hay Springs, NE; 1985-Featured in “America’s Wild Woodlands,” National Geographic; 1981-1983-Fremont County Cattleman’s Association Secretary; 1983-drove 10-horse hitch in Lander, WY for July 4th parade-the first 10-horse hitch since 1903. In 2024 he was featured throughout the Great Plains & Rocky Mountain Western newspapers, “At 84, WY Horseman Still Makes Hay the Old-Fashioned Way.”