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Clapper
station is located on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railroad, eight miles from Monroe City and fourteen
from Paris, and is pleasantly situated on a beautiful
prairie, surrounded on the south and west by the Salt
river timber, and on the east and north by the fine
young timber of Indian creek. The view is one of
surpassing beauty, the prairie gently undulating,
dotted here and there wit h orchards and ornamental
groves, from which cosy farm-houses and barns appear
in the foreground, all showing signs of thrift and the
industry of the farming community. There are several
Large stock farms in the vicinity. Among these are the
farms of Thomas Tewell, who has as good stock as can
be found in the State; also the Buckman brothers, who
are raising fine stock by the quantity, and running
the largest and best stock farm in the county. J. H.
Jett, who owns a fine farm one mile from the station,
is the stock dealer for this place, and has within the
last three years shipped 100 car loads of stock.
Among,
the fine farms lying contiguous may be named those of
John H. Clapper, who has recently erected on of the
largest and most commodious houses in this part of the
county, and that of Col. William M. Priest, who owns,
one of the best improved farms in the county, and for
fertility the soil on his farm is unsurpassed. But
space forbids giving a complete description of all the
farms near by. Suffice it to say, there is no place
that offers better inducements to the tiller of the
soil than do the fine lands lying in the immediate
vicinity of Clapper station.
Clapper
station took its name from Mr. Henry Clapper, who was
largeley instrumental in getting the railroad
built through this section, and out of respect, and
appreciating his services, the citizens called the
station by his name. (Mr. Clapper has since died.) The
population is about 100; two stores, a blacksmith and
wagon shop, all of which are doing a good business.
Indian
Creek Township
Clapper
Station is located on the M.K. & T.R.R. It took
it's name from Henry Clapper, who was largely
instrumental in getting the railroad built through
this section, and out of respect and appreciation of
his services, the citizens called the station by his
name. The population was about 100; there were 2
stores, a blacksmith shop and wagon shop.
-Directory
of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, Past and Present, of
Monroe Co., Mo. , p. 158, 159
It
was settled in 1870 and had 1 store; population about
30.
--Campbell's
Gazetteer of Missouri, 1874, p. 380
It
was situated on Sec. 6, Twp. 55 N., R. 8W on an
unmarked county road east of V, west of Indian Creek.
-Gen.
Highway Map of Monroe Co. (submitted by Robin
Gatson)
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