Franklin Pierce Forster, son of Henry Moore Forster and Mary Jane Kirkland Forster, at the age of 4. He had one living sister, Elizabeth Charity Forster [George]. He was born Feb. 9,1866, in Winterset, Iowa. The Forster family moved to Valley View, Texas, and then in the fall of 1872 or early 1873, the Forsters sold their farm and began a covered wagon trip to the west.

Woman kneeling next to young boy who is sitting on a stool. Both are on a carpet laid out on the grass in front of the Offerson house, Beaver Creek, Colorado. The boy is wearing a cap and is holding a sheet of paper (drawing? map?). The woman is resting her right arm behind the boy and is wearing a sun hat. [Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]