{"id":8865,"count":1,"description":"Leeper is an unincorporated community in southwestern Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located about seven miles (11\u00a0km) south of Piedmont at the intersection of Route 34 and Route 49. Its post office has closed and mail now comes from Piedmont.\nLeeper is named after Union Captain W.T. Leeper. In 1871, W.T. Leeper \u201cconvinced\u201d the Iron Mountain Railroad to run through his property, even though they had to cut through two mountains. In 1872 Clarkson Sawmill had moved to Leeper and set up shop. This immediately caused the rise of Leeper as a \u201cboom-town\u201d. Leeper was not actually founded until 1874, by W.T.\u2019s son Sid. By 1881, Leeper was a bona fide town with a post office, although then it was called Leeper Station. Leeper had one hotel and four stores. Leeper\u2019s hotel, Ozark Hotel, in the early part of the 20th century was considered one of Wayne County\u2019s most elaborate resorts.\nAndy Clark, a black man, was lynched in Leeper January 21, 1903.\nOne of Leepers\u2019 more famous...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/leeper\/","name":"Leeper","slug":"leeper","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/8865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=8865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}