Kipling

With the arrival of the wheel tractor changes were made in farming resulting in nearly complete dispersement of horses used for power.

Two years before the North Half of the Colville Indian Reservation opened for homesteading, a trading post was established on the beaten path of Rock Creek, B.C. Canada. It was known as the Hawthorne store.
In October of 1900, ninety five homesteaders came here to file on their homesteads. Those filings were rushed daily by horseback to Waterville. G.H. Tamblin was the surveyor and homestead locator, assisted by Fred Warren, Tamblin was also the founder of Kipling.
On October 1, 1900 Kipling townsite was surveyed and Kipling Mercantile was established. A post office was established on August 5, 1901. There was a "Halfway House" that was located near the Shaw residence who was one of the postmasters.
The "Halfway House" was a place freighters and horses rested and repairs were made. A school house was built in 1902 near the Kipling Mercantile. Then in 1942 Kipling school joined with Molson. Doctor Beale filed on the townsite for his homestead and was the surrounding county's doctor for many years.

The little community of Kipling faded away soon after Molson started growing. If you could locate an old enough map, you may be able to find the town of Kipling on it. Farming, cattle raising and timber are still the sources of income for remaining Kipling area residents.