The paper is on microfilm from 1890-1953. It started in I think about 1887, but the earliest years aren't available. The paper was a father and son concern, the issues you are reading now by the Elder Mr. Welch. H. Scott Welch took over when his father either retired or passed away. Sometime in 1952, Scott passed away, and there is a gap of a month of so, until it resumes under new owners, who report on Scotts death. They only lasted about a year. They tried, but they just didn't know the history of the town like the Welch's did, and they couldn't make it work. Then in 1970-1971 the paper was again revived under the old name of the 'Higbee News", but it was printed out of Huntsville, and really was more about the Huntsville area than about Higbee, so it too, folded. Because of this, there is a large gap in my own research from 1953 onward. Someday, I will try to check the Moberly papers for those years, and see what they may have for the Higbee area. I suspect the Bonnefemme area was picked up by the Fayette Democrat Leader, which is the paper that I will begin reading after I am through with the Higbee News. I will continue to post what I pull from the papers, as long as there is reader interest. I want to again say thank you, to all of you who are being, and have been so kind to me in your appreciation of my work. I wish that I could take the time to thank each of you personally, but if I did, I would never get through this paper! To say that I am deeply humbled by this tremendous wave of gratitude is to put it mildly. I wish that I could pass it along the the Welch's, because it is their work that is truly what is valuable here. If there are any of their descendant's on this list, I would like to offer my own personal thank you to them, and to tell them that they are descended from a couple of truly remarkable men, who left their mark on several generations in the past and I suspect many that are yet to come. Kathy Bowlin ----- Original Message ----- From: <Daililli@aol.com> To: <mkbowlin@iland.net> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee News, Friday 20 Sep 1912 > Kathy: What years of the Higbee News are still available? Thanks for the > very interesting articles. Don't have time to read them all, but I too am > fascinated by the "body count." Diane Mahoney, Baltimore, MD >