My earliest recollection of Barber County was when my parents, Elmer and
  Eva Davis, moved to the Dan Stone farm west of Medicine Lodge, perhaps 1910.
  My younger sister, Jessie, and I attended Doles school. I was in the second
  grade. Between the school and where we lived, a Mrs. Doles, her unmarried son,
  and a daughter lived. Sometimes Jessie and I stopped on the way home from
  school, and they fed us cookies.
     Some our schoolmates there were named Bloom and Creek. There was a bigger
  boy named Dewey, who was often in trouble with the teacher. Later, we heard
  that he was killed when his horse fell on him. He was stabbed by an open
  pocket knife in his pocket.
     While we lived on the Stone Farm, Mr. Stone built a fine new house. My
  father helped with the building, and Mother cooked for the men. On the front
  peak of the porch roof the carpenter put some cement and in it embedded pieces
  of my mother's Blue Willow plates that had been broken.
     Mr. Stone was courting a lady thenm, but I never knew if they ever married.
     My sister, Jessie, Millie, and I were watching while the big red barn was
  being painted. While the painter went for a drink (I don't think it was water),
  I climbed the ladder, and just as I dipped the big brush in the paint, he
  returned. I dropped the brush and ran. He was mad - and said so in no uncertain
  terms.
     During the next winter, we moved into Medicine Lodge. We had wonderful
  neighbors the Terrys across the street and the Knights. They were English
  people. West of us were teachers in the county schools. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas,
  and two little daughters. They each drove a two wheeled cart, drawn by a pony.
  Fifty years later I met one of the girls (a teacher) in Harper County.
     Later we lived on the Cecil Hittle farm, then moved to the Bill Derrick
  farm when they moved to Hardtner. While we lived there, there was a big pasture 
  fire on the Skinner Ranch. It came within a mile of our house. The Mavity
  family lived on the Skinner Ranch. I remember their wonderful player piano.
  The fire missed the buildings by a few feet. The women and children were put
  in a big well for safety. Carelessness of two fence builders who left buffalo
  chips smoldering in their campfire was the cause of the fire.
     The winter of 1918-19 WWI was raging, so was the flu epidemic. I entered
  Hardtner High School. I stayed with Mrs. Bill Derrick, Everett and Maxine.
  In Hardtner that year there was on Senior, 3 Juniors, 7 Sophomores, and 19
  Freshmen. The faculty consisted of Mr. and Mrs. James Walsh and Mrs. Lillie. 
  Several years later, Mrs. Walsh and her daughter, Kathleen, wrote an English
  text book which was used in Kansas. Some of my classmates were Velma Achenbach,
  Gladys Elmore, Blanche Sheddy, Ray Johnson, the Hucheson twins and their brother.
     We moved from Barber County in 1919. Later I came back to teach. I married
  Archie Russell, a Barber County boy. His father was J.K. Russell. The other
  children were Kenneth, Curtis (killed in WWI), Lucille, Thelma, and Sarah.
  Kenneth married Audrey Clawson. All the Russell boys are deceased. Lucille,
  Thelma, Sarah, and Audrey live in Harper. I live in Norwich.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 399