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| Arrowhead Lake Clinton County Weather Report Bluegrass Music Festival Lathrop School First Christian Church Lathrop |
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During one period of time, Lathrop was literally the mule capital of the world!
During the first two decades of the 20th century, about 170,00 mules were
shipped from the Lathrop stockyards for the Boer War and another 90,000 mules for World
War I. Railroads played a key part in Lathrop's history, as with many communities throughout Northwest Missouri. Lathrop was platted in 1867 along a branch of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. The town was named for railroad company treasurer John L Lathrop. After the arrival of another branch line (of the St. Louis., Kansas City & Northern in 1871), it continued to grow as a shipping point. Exhibits at the Lathrop Library Museum, 713 Oak Street, include local historical items associated with the town's role as Mule Capital of the World and with an 1899 factory once called the Midwest's largest sunbonnet factory, which manufactured 500 per day. Today, over 150 varieties of hand-molded, hand-dipped candy are made in imaginative shapes and sizes at the World of Candy in Lathrop. |
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