Leeper is an unincorporated community in southwestern Wayne County, Missouri, United States.

She was born in Leeper in 1895 and in her teens persuaded her parents to allow her to move to St. Louis to study art.

One year, Sisler came to Leeper to visit his friend Herman Radke and do some quail hunting.

Dr. Owens found a deck of playing cards and the men began to gamble on a game of poker.

But during the court trial, for which Sisler had to travel back twice, the Judge determined that the men's gambling, no matter how small, was illegal.

When the Civil War was on the verge of breaking out, Leeper was strongly opposed to Missouri joining the Confederates in battle.

The McGee clan had just abandoned the Confederate Army to return home to protect their families from Leeper.

During the battle of Pilot Knob, Leeper, with direct orders from the general, searched for guerrillas and scouts, and sent several letters back recounting each kill in detail.

After his release from the Union Army, Leeper stayed in contact with his former unit, and even helped to organize the burning of Doniphan, Missouri.

Although he is associated with some of the cruelest guerrilla hunt-downs in Missouri and Arkansas, he is credited with persuading the railroad to be built through Leeper, served on the Committee for Education, and helped expand rural schools in Wayne County.