My father, W.T. McClung, from West Virginia and my mother, Jennie
     from Indiana, were married October 16, 1884, in Winfield Kansas. My
     father came on to Barber County and settled on ground two miles
     west of Hazelton and his brother settled the quarter to the north.
     After building a one room house, he sent for my mother and had to
     meet her in Harter, as that was the end of the Santa Fe Railroad
     line. The first year, they killed 22 rattlesnakes.
       I was born at the homestead May 5, 1887. One of the most exciting
     moments of my life was being allowed to sit in a wagon on the Line
     and watch the opeing of the Cherokee Strip. I could feel the excitement
     and tension as everyone waited for the signal to go!
       After the legal time for homesteading was completed, my uncle decided
     to go back to West Virginia, and my father took over his quarter. I
     helped with the chores and also helped drive hogs to the stockyards of
     the Santa Fe for shipping to market. I rode ponies to school and also
     walked some of the time.
       We moved to Winfield in 1905 but could not take the country out of 
     the girl, as I have always had a large vegetable garden and have canned
     almost all of our food and still do. I tend the garden by myself with
     the exception of having someone plow it now that some of my "get up and
     go had got up and gone."
       After we had been in Winfield a time, I sent back to Kiowa to have
     Mrs. Mackey make me a black chiffon hat which was the envy of the Winfield
     girls. Even though my parents are gone the farm has never gelonged to 
     anyone else so I am still a part of Barber County.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 293 
     Submitted by: Ursa McClung Allison