Historic Fox Creek

Fox Creek drains west through this area and was named by an early hunter, Josiah McClure, who shot a very large fox there. McClure and Fred Schulze were early settlers in the area. Schulze opened a store that became the Fox Creek Post Office, and he served as postmaster until Frederick Hencken was appointed in 1860. On March 7, 1862, a notable skirmish took place between a faction of the Confederate Army and the 4th and 10th Missouri Cavalry units of the Union Army, led by Captain Benjamin Ludlow. Five Union soldiers were wounded, the Confederate incursion retreated, and afterward the area remained solidly under Union control.

Wildwood, Missouri · United States