Pipestone in Pipestone County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Song of Hiawatha Pageant Park
Photographed By Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 9, 2020
1. Song of Hiawatha Pageant Park Marker
You are standing at the entrance to the amphitheater where Longfellow's epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha" was produced annually for sixty years (1949-2008) by the Hiawatha Club of Pipestone. The cast of Actors, Production Staff, and Indian village crowd numbered up to two hundred volunteers nine weekend evenings each summer. The production drew visitors worldwide and in 1952 Life magazine published a story and scenes of the Pageant. The Hiawatha Club, comprised of eighty citizens in 2014 donated the forty acre site to the City of Pipestone to be used as a Park for the enjoyment of present and future citizens of the Pipestone area.
Erected 2014 by The Pipestone Hiawatha Club.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Entertainment • Native Americans. A significant historical year for this entry is 2008.
Location. 44° 0.468′ N, 96° 19.2′ W. Marker is in Pipestone, Minnesota, in Pipestone County. Marker is on West Reservation Avenue, 0.1 miles west of North Hiawatha Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13 W Reservation Ave, Pipestone MN 56164, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Rock Island Depot (approx. 0.3 miles away); Prairie: Past and Present (approx. 0.4 miles away); Quarry Layers (approx.
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Also see . . .
1. Next year’s Song of Hiawatha is the finale for pageant. Pipestone County Star article, October 10, 2007 (Submitted on February 28, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha Online Illustrated Edition. Excerpt from Chapter 3:
By the shores of Gitche Gumee,(Submitted on February 11, 2024, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.)
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
Stood the wigwam of Nokomis,
Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.
Dark behind it rose the forest,
Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees,
Rose the firs with cones upon them;
Bright before it beat the water,
Beat the clear and sunny water,
Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.
Photographed By Ruth VanSteenwyk, October 9, 2020
2. Song of Hiawatha Pageant Park Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 582 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 1, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
