Capper no longer exists, except for the remains of one building and slight indications of the one-time main street. It was an oil boom town, north of Depew and near Shamrock.

Lucien McDaniel and his wife, Clara, lived there for a time from about fall of 1915 through some time in 1916.

Clara said: "Daddy (Lucien) was working in the oil fields (on a fire-fighting crew), sent for me. I temporarily left our furniture in Stroud. I stayed with Daddy in his room (upper floor, right-hand room). There was a tent-city across the creek or draw. We had a dirt floor. Dad built a 'refrigerator' in the floor, dug a hole and put in sawdust. He stood some bricks on the bottom, set a big wooden box on them. I lined the box with oilcloth and lined the lid. A 100 lb. block of ice in the box would last a week. Worked real neat. We had cold drinks. It was the cat's pajamas. Nobody else around there had ice water!"

Lucien and Clara enjoyed stage plays, readings, entertainment and other events here. From the tent-city, they liked to walk over here for the Saturday night dances. Of a weekend, they liked to ride a little train to Depew to have a picnic and spend the day. (In 1970, there were still 6 or 7 buildings and businesses left at Depew.) Lucien's sister, Bessie McDaniel Paine, lived in a tent right adjacent to Lucien's. Lucien and Clara introduced Cliff Alley to Bessie. They were later married and lived in the Stroud area until Bessie's death sometime in the very late 40's or early 50's.