The Coal camp was built to house miners who moved here in the early 1920's..At the peak of operation,hundreds of people lived in the area..The Company Store was built in 1925/26 & goods were delivered by rail..A 15 room boarding house was built to meet immediate needs..Some 50 new houses soon covered the hillsides here and in the surrounding area..The Power house on the top of the hill provided direct electricity,a shower house was nearby where miners could bathe before going home..Open wells were used for drawing water until around 1950 when running water was installed in the camp houses..Prior to 1949 the road was in the creek & wagon trails ran throughout the camp for delivery of goods.......There was a 2 room school,post office,church & commissary which was at the center of camp life..Cleve Bailey ran the store until his death in 1943..then Henry Rowe took over operation,the Rowes moved away from Tip Top in the 1950's & other members of the Bailey family ran the commissary until it closed in 1978..The first postmaster was Frank Hurt & the last was Sam J. Bailey,who served until his retirement in 1957....Dr. Randolph Skaggs from Royalton was hired to provide health care to the miners & their dependents,He had a small medical building near to the commissary,where he dispensed health care..Missionaries,who lived in a mission house in Carver provided Sunday school for children in the campto the font. Feel free to drag and drop me anywhere you like on your page. I’m a great place for you to tell a story and let your users know a little more about you.