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It's very spiritual. Your own personal connection to the earth mother, to the quartzite, to the pipestone rock…The benefit of it all is you get a sense of oneness with everything here."
Travis Erickson, quarrier
You are . . . — — Map (db m119089) HM
On West Reservation Avenue, 0.7 miles North Hiawatha Avenue.
Joseph Nicollet, a gifted mathematician and scientist, led the first U.S. Government expedition to the pipestone quarries in 1838.
On this rock ledge the explorers chiseled Nicollet's name and their initials before continuing their map-making . . . — — Map (db m169887) HM
On West Reservation Avenue, 0.7 miles west of North Hiawatha Avenue.
Over time, this creek's seasonal floods uncovered the rare pipestone layer. Later, rutted trails made by buffalo herds drinking from the stream may have further revealed the pipestone. Oral tradition suggests that Indians first discovered the . . . — — Map (db m169903) HM
Many people have a strong spiritual bond with this land. American Indians have used this prairie for thousands of years carrying out their spiritual traditions on what they believe is sacred ground. Each year tribal people from across the . . . — — Map (db m119088) HM
On West Reservation Avenue, 0.7 miles west of North Hiawatha Avenue.
As Joseph Nicollet approached Pipestone on June 29, 1838, he wrote, "Traveling on this beautiful prairie, as pleasant and as uniform as the green carpet of royal salon, we lose a good half hour looking through the telescope… Charles A. Geyer, the . . . — — Map (db m169885) HM
This former quarry reveals the area's basic geologic layers. Beneath a cover of soil, the thick, pink-tinted layer of Sioux quartzite covers the tin, red-colored lower layer of pipestone - the prized stone of many tribal groups. As the slant . . . — — Map (db m119090) HM
On North Hiawatha Avenue north of 4th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.
The Rock Island Depot was built in 1890, using cream color bricks and Sioux quartzite trimming. It featured a slate roof and two waiting rooms; one for men and one for women. It was built by the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway but . . . — — Map (db m235413) HM
On West Reservation Avenue, 0.1 miles west of North Hiawatha Avenue.
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 . . . — — Map (db m169908) HM
On West Reservation Avenue, 0.7 miles west of North Hiawatha Avenue.
American Indians still quarry pipestone here as they have for generations. From quarry pits like the one below, American Indians from many tribes remove the raw stone basic to their culture. The quartzite rubble piled behind this quarry reflects the . . . — — Map (db m169905) HM
American Indians have utilized the resources of the pipestone prairie for countless generations to sustain themselves during their stay at the quarries. The bison and elk that once roamed the area provided meat, clothing and tools. The prairie . . . — — Map (db m119087) HM
On West Reservation Avenue, 0.7 miles west of North Hiawatha Avenue.
In 1838, the U.S. Government commissioned Joseph N. Nicollet and five others — including Lieutenant John C. Fremont — to map the tringle of land between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
While at Pipestone Nicollet wrote, "Toward . . . — — Map (db m169902) HM
