I am still chasing a story in my family history. Arkansas Research has a newer book which is from the Clay County Courier Newspaper. In the State News on July 28, 1905 it states: The wife and five-year-old daughter of Cebe DeShields of Lead Hill were drowned in West Sugar Loaf Creek, Marion County, a few days ago, while attempting to cross the stream. Now these state news areas of the paper were usually items gathered from other local papers. I was of the understanding the drowning happened on July 4, 1905. Does anyone know of a newspaper which was operating in this area (Lead Hill) from July 4, 1905 to July 28, 1905? If so, please let me know and if you have availability of a lookup, I would like to receive more information so I can confirm the date. The end result is hopefully to find out the child's name so we can put a marker on her grave. Reta DeShields Parton Springdale, Ar 72762 [email protected] daughter of D W DeShields & Cora Irene (last name withheld) DeShields granddaughter of Dennie DeShields and Ruby Lee Austin DeShields gggranddaughter of John Wesley DeShields and Frankey Green DeShields ggggrandaughter of Handy DeShields and Nancy Womack DeShields gggggrandaughter of Joel and Charity DeShields POSSIBLE: ggggggrandaughter of Thomas DeShields

Heavens, yes, Reta. The Mountain Echo began printing in April 1886 and didn't shut down until 2000 or 2001 when it was purchased by The Mountaineer which promptly changed its name to The Mountaineer Echo. All of it was microfilmed. The History Commission has the film, but I doubt they'll search it. Think you have to given them the exact issue and page. At one point in time there was a Lead Hill Sentinel published, but I'm not sure of the dates nor do I know whether it was saved somehow or microfilmed. Boone Co Library might know more about this. Good luck. Mysty [email protected] ********************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:40 AM Subject: [ARMar] Newspapers > I am still chasing a story in my family history. Arkansas Research has a > newer book which is from the Clay County Courier Newspaper. In the State News on > July 28, 1905 it states: > > The wife and five-year-old daughter of Cebe DeShields of Lead Hill were > drowned in West Sugar Loaf Creek, Marion County, a few days ago, while attempting > to cross the stream. > > Now these state news areas of the paper were usually items gathered from > other local papers. I was of the understanding the drowning happened on July 4, > 1905. Does anyone know of a newspaper which was operating in this area (Lead > Hill) from July 4, 1905 to July 28, 1905? If so, please let me know and if you > have availability of a lookup, I would like to receive more information so I > can confirm the date. The end result is hopefully to find out the child's > name so we can put a marker on her grave. > > Reta DeShields Parton > Springdale, Ar 72762 > [email protected]

Hello, all... Been out of touch for a while and I'm starting to wade back into a little researching. One of the sites that had some good information and wonderful stories was ozarkhistory.com. I THINK it was done by Southwest Missouri State University. It's been down completely the last couple of days, and I wonder if any of y'all could tell me if there's some problem that's going to get fixed or if it's dead and gone. Darren --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search