Medicine Lodge and the house on East Stolp Avenue where my mother still
  lives has been my home since I was born there in 1928. My wife, Jean, our
  son, David, sixteen, and daughter, Susan, fourteen, have come to know Barber
  County during many visits there. Grandpa Bruce died in 1969, having taught 
  science to several generations while also serving as high school principal
  and as faculty advisor to many athletic teams. He was also active in state-
  wide educational activities and worked as a chemical analyst at the nearby
  gas stripping plant. After the family had flown the coop, Hyacinth also had
  her second career in the little country school int he heart of the Gyp Hills
  and later in the Medicine Lodge elementary school.
     Medicine Lodge was agreat place to grow up during the Depression and the
  second world war. From 1932 until 1938 we managed without a car. Our engine
  block had frozen after a late night, late spring return from chauffering the
  team to an out-of-town athletic event. We hiked a great deal in the Gyp Hills
  and along the local streams, as Burce was quite interested in the local 
  geology, plant life, and in the workings of the oil and gas industry. We had
  a chance to see more than one gusher. There were many years of participation
  on the school track and basketball team and even one year of football. The
  latter seemed less hazardous than playing the sousaphone in the marching band
  during one of our blue northerns. During those gas rationing days, I felt
  lucky to drive the grocery delivery truck for Parkers. The community was full
  of enthusiastic, supportive people who were willing to share their interests
  and skills through the school and Scout programs.
     Medicine lodge continued to be my home base during four years at the United
  States Military Academy, followed by five years of active duty with the signal
  corps in Europe, New Jersey, and Georgia.
     I moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 1955, wehre after one year of futher study
  in Electrical Engineering, I started teaching at the University of Colorado.
  Except for tow years in Stanford, California, to earn a Ph.D. and one year
  fellowship in Southampton, England, our family has remained in Boulder. I am
  a consultant in lung physiology and a Colonel in the reserves.
     I met Jean in Boulder. Dave was born in California, and Susan is a Boulder
  native. We all enjoy skiing, backpacking, hiking, and camping in our backyard
  in the Rocky Mountains. Jean is a creative artist, specializing in woodcut
  prints and in pen-and-ink drawings. She is also a teacher. Dave is an avid
  reader of military history and science fiction. He is particularly enthusiastic
  on the soccer field. Susan enjoys socializing with her many friends and
  breezing through her schoolwork. She assists with math tutoring in Junior High
  School.
     We still enjoy the chance to hike in the Gyp Hills, to kayak down the
  raging waters of Elm Creek, to participate in the Indian Peace Treaty and the
  community activities that surround it and to see our friends from the good
  old days in Medicine Lodge.
                 
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 260 
     Submitted by: Neal B. Kindig