Editing Lathrop, Missouri (section)

==History==
Lathrop was [[plat]]ted in 1867 as a stop on the Cameron Cutoff Branch of the [[Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad]].  It was named for John L. Lathrop, treasurer for the railroad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityoflathropmo.org/lathrop-history.html |title=History of Lathrop, MO - City of Lathrop, MO - Official Website |publisher=City of Lathrop, MO |date= |accessdate=2022-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_clinton.html |title=Clinton County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=21 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070606/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_clinton.html |archivedate=24 June 2016 }}</ref> A post office called Lathrop has been in operation since 1868.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=21 September 2016}}</ref>

In the early 1900s it was considered the "Mule Capital of the World" after the firm of Guyton and Harrington sold 180,000 mules and 170,000 horses to the British Army during [[World War I]].  The cousins J.D. Guyton and W.R. Harrington owned 4,700 acres near Lathrop.  They also supplied mules to the British during the [[Boer War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityoflathropmo.org/lathrop-history.html|title = History of Lathrop, MO}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://missourioverthere.org/explore/articles/missouri-horses-and-mules/|title = Missouri Horses and Mules &#124; Articles &#124; Missouri over There}}</ref>  Among the facilities in Lathrop were three barns stabling 1,000 mules each and a 496 foot long hay barn.<ref name="newspapers.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51200849/?terms=Guyton%2Band%2BHarrington |title=23 May 1955, Page 30 - The Kansas City Times at |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1955-05-23 |accessdate=2022-06-05}}</ref>  The British had a formal contract for a [[remount]] station in Lathrop.  The business had facilities at 17th and Wyandotte in Kansas City and had a shipping port facilities at [[Chalmette, Louisiana]].<ref name="newspapers.com"/>  The mule business collapsed in the 1920s. There are several businesses in Lathrop that include "mule" in their name now, The Mule Stop, and a road east of town is called Mule Barn Road.  The mascot of the high school team is the mules.