My father came to Isabel with his family in 1901 at the age of 16. He
  finished school in Isabel Grade School and helped his parents on the family
  farm for a few years. He enjoyed hunting and fishing in the new country and
  with small game plentiful, he kept the family well supplied in the winter
  months.
     In a few years he decided to go visit his Uncles in North Dakota and
  become a "cowboy" on the range. He made one mistake on his way to Dakota;
  he stopped in Kansas City to visit his brother, Harley, who was working on
  a paving crew there. Harley didn't think too much of the "cowboy" idea so
  he talked Dad into staying with him and taking a mechanics course in a
  school in Kansas City. Dad finished his course, and in 1910 and 1911 he
  worked in a garage at Garden City, Kansas. Garage work at that time was
  not just mechanics work as it is today. Few people knew how to drive a car
  at that time, and the garages had cars with drivers for hire. If someone
  wanted to go faster than "Old Dobbin" and the buggy could take them, they 
  would hire a car and driver.
     In 1911 Dad returned to Isabel and put in his first shop. In 1913 his
  two brothers joined the business, and it became McGuire Brothers Garage.
  Uncle Harley was a whiz on steam engines which were used on threshing
  machines. My dad worked on many early day cars that have since driven off
  into history; the Mitchell, two-cylinder Brush, two and four cylinder
  Maxwells, Case (built with a motor similar to a threshing machine engine),
  Stanley Steamer, International, Franklin, and the Model T Fords, to name
  a few. The shop was also a sub-agency for Ford Motor cars. Roads, as well
  as cars, were not what they are today, so when the roads were bad their
  tow-truck was always busy.
     In 1914 Flavia Gould came to stay with the Phipps family. She was from 
  the Phipp's old home town in southern Indiana. The Phipps family were good
  friends of the McGuires and through them my parents met. The following New
  Years Day, Flavia Gould became Mrs. Arthur McGuire.
     My mother was active in Isabel Church of Christ, Flower Club, and many
  community projects. Dad was a member of the Isabel Church of Christ, Mayor
  of Isabel for 18 years, and a community leader.
     Sometime in the late 1920's Uncle Harley sold his interest in the garage 
  to his two brothers and moved to Dodge City. The business continued as 
  McGuire Brothers until 1932, when my Dad bought Uncle Otis' share and moved
  the shop to Medicine Lodge. There it became known as W.A. McGuire Welding
  Shop. Dad had learned to weld from his brother, Harley, and from reading
  books and manuals on the subject. He was one of the first welders in Barber
  County.
     In 1935 my parents sold their home in Isabel and moved to Medicine Lodge.
  Mother opened a flower shop, which she operated until her death in June of
  1937. Dad continued the welding business and in 1945 I returned to Medicine
  Lodge and went into the business with him. The shop then became W.A. McGuire
  and Son Welding Shop. The business continued until 1960, when we sold out and
  Dad retired. He moved to Liberal, Kansas, with us where he lived until his
  death in 1963.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 303 
     Submitted by: Wm. O. McGuire, son