Cornhole The Movie

Cornhole originated in the 1800’s when pioneers crossing the prairie took to hurling buffalo chips through wagon wheels, as a means of entertainment. The Kipling family was among the first to substitute buffalo chips for bags of corn, which they had stitched into small sacks as a means of dry storage. The Cornhole board, while common today, was revolutionary and was the remains of a charred outhouse. The Kipling children took turns hurling the bags into the outhouse, after an Indian raid left the structure all but demolished. The Kipling’s are credited with the development of the games’ basic rules that still stand today. Sadly the compulsion of the game would lead to the families demise. Unwilling to give up the precious corn filled bags, the Kipling’s would parish of starvation that very winter. Their spirit lives on. To this day many avid fans of the sport make the journey to Ohio to compete in the National Cornhole Championship, to pay their respects to the Kipling family and the commode, which is now a shrine on the outskirts of Cincinnati, where the game came to life.