 It is known as the hometown of James Cash Penney, who built a large apparel-related business, J. C. Penney, and the hometown of Jenny Doan, who has built a large quilting-related business, Missouri Star Quilt Co. and Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame baseball player Zack Wheat.You will also find the Missouri Quilt Museum, home to the World's Largest Spool of Thread, largest display of toy sewing machines, multiple quilt galleries, antique sewing machines, treadles, and much more.Hamilton, Missouri owes its existence largely to the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad.