B.C. "Bo" Forester came to Barber County with his threshing machine and crew,
  including his brother, Walter, his father, George, and his sister, who did the
  cooking. Florence Forester Lloyd. Mule power made threshing a slow job as they
  moved across Kansas and Oklahoma, and the men sometimes shaved their heads
  because of the hot sun and itching wheat chaff.
     Barber County looked good to Bo, and he and other members of his family
  settled here, including another sister, Garnett Forester Bower. Bo bought
  land in the Old Kiowa area.
     In 1928, as Bo's bride, I came to Barber County with my small son, Delmer
  Means. We lived under shady cottonwood trees near the Medicine Lodge River and
  our daughter, Lorraine, was born here. Our son, Boyd, was born after we moved
  across the river to the Borth place, where Bo continued to wheat farm and build
  a registered Hereford herd. We enjoyed the company of close friends and neighbors,
  but electricity and running water in the house were unheard of luxuries during
  those years.
     Delmer rode horseback a mile to the old Circle School, but the country schools
  were closed when Lorraine started first grade. There were lots of farm families
  in the country then and all the children rode Flay "Shorty" Circle's school bus
  to Kiowa. In the winter of 1937, our children were caught in a sudden snow 
  blizzard coming home from school. Delmer carried his little brother, Boyd, and
  led Lorraine through drifts so high the fences were hidden.
     We bought the Harry Hill place and moved there in 1946. Boyd joined his father
  in farming in 1958 and, later, Bo bought the Charley Lloyd farm adjoining the
  homeplace.
     Our children graduated from Kiowa High School. Boyd's wife Sally, teaches in
  Kiowa and their daughter, Kim, was in the first South Barber High graduating
  class. Delmer engaged in the restaurand and fishing business in California, but
  spent many Barber County Christmas seasons with us until his death in 1979.
  Dr. Lorraine Hardesty is a school principal in Wichita, and Boyd continues to 
  farm in Barber County. Life has been rich for us with our three children and our
  grandchildren; Kim, John and Danny Forester, and Jackie and David LoVette.
     Bo's fiddle and banjo playing was enjoyed by many, but he loved the dance
  floor. We made many wonderful friends in the square dance groups. Bo served on t
  the Circle School Board, Farm Bureau, Soil Conservation Board, Road Commission,
  and other local organizations. I have enjoyed being a part of many women's
  clubs and organizations.
     Our roots are deep in Barber County and span a period of over fifty years. 
  I have seen us move from lamp-light and mule-power to all electric kitchens and
  air conditioned tractors.It seems only yesterday that we gathered around a
  neighbor's crystal radio set to hear amazing voices come over the air waves.
     Bo died in 1973. He and Delmer are buried in the River View Cemetery out of
  Kiowa.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 177 
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