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Now. the history of Paddy Creek is not unlike many other of the forestryowned lands of south central Missouri. The area was cut off with the timber production of one Silvester Paddy. in 1816. He had a large lumbering. timbering operation there In the early 19th century. That is how the area gets the name. Paddy Creek. They cut the trees from Paddy Creek. floated them down Paddy Creek. onto the Gasconade River. down the Missouri River into St. Louis to build homes for the German immigrants who came during the early days of the Arch. "This was the Gateway" to the West period during the early 1800s. During the Civil War. Mr.