The group of three, two of whom were formerly employed at John P. Morton & Company, a few doors down the street, formed a trade shop to set type for law briefs. The printing was to be done at Morton's. Westerfield-Bonte was soon persuaded by Morton's to put in some small presses and not only set the type but do the entire job for lawyers. From this, the company developed into a specialty printer for the legal profession.

1913: C. M. Westerfield withdrew from the business and went west to set up a number of small-town newspapers. Fred Bonte and John David remained in the business and were joined by Walter Blythe, and later by L. B. Blythe, great grandfather of the present owners.

November 1, 1945: E. Bruce Blythe and W. Allan Blythe purchased controlling interest in the company. At that time W. Allan Blythe was elected president.

1963: Sam A. Blythe, son of E. Bruce Blythe, bought out Bruce's shares to become co-owner with Allen Blythe.

1968: Purchased and moved to present location at 619 W. Kentucky Street.

1970: Allen retired and sold his shares to Sam, making him sole owner.

1980: Sam Jr. graduated from University of Kentucky and started working as an assistant in the front office.

1980's: Sam Jr. implements the transition from Linotype typesetting and letterpress printing to computer typesetting and photo-offset printing. Westerfield-Bonte's customer base is expanded to include the financial printing and publishing industries.

1991: David Blythe, Sam Jr.'s brother, comes on board with an electrical engineering degree from Duke University and several years of engineering experience in the oil industry and the music publishing industry.

1990's: The brothers place a strong emphasis on transition to high volume digital printing to satisfy the demands of the growing customer base. This includes large capital investments in new systems, as well as upgrading the pre-press, offset press room and finishing departments.