In a message dated 7/31/2007 10:11:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, NPeters102@aol.com writes: >From information that I've read the first paper in Jackson County was in 1873 in Ravenswood. A Ripley paper followed in 1876 Thank you very much, Mike. Ken ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour