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Catlinite or pipestone, 3 3 ⁄ 4 × 5 3 ⁄ 8 in. (9.5 × 13.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum Protohistoric Catlinite pipe, probably late 17th century Ioway, from the Wanampito site in Iowa. Catlinite, also called pipestone, is a type of argillite (metamorphosed mudstone), usually brownish-red in color, which occurs in a matrix of Sioux Quartzite.
Pipestone, Minnesota is the site of historic Native American quarries of catlinite, which is more commonly known as "pipestone". Another notable outcrop in the region is the Jeffers Petroglyphs , a Sioux Quartzite outcropping with numerous petroglyphs which may be up to 7000–9000 years old.
This site is located on the St. Croix River upstream of Stillwater, Minnesota. It was established by Stillwater lumber barons, including Isaac Staples, in 1856 after the demise of the original St. Croix Boom Company, which had operated a boom further upstream near Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota. Staples and others purchased the Boom Company and ...
The World's Largest Peace Pipe is a statue of a ceremonial pipe in Pipestone, Minnesota, United States. It began with a vision shared by three spiritual people: one Lakota and two Anishinaabe . The pipe stands on the grounds of the historic Rock Island Railroad depot near the entrance to Pipestone National Monument , home to the Keepers of the ...
Pipestone National Monument is located in southwestern Minnesota, just north of the city of Pipestone, Minnesota. It is located along the highways of U.S. Route 75, Minnesota State Highway 23 and Minnesota State Highway 30. The quarries are culturally significant to 23 tribal nations of North America.
[2] Name on the Register Image Date listed [3] Location City or town Description 1: Bauman Hall: Bauman Hall: March 3, 1980 (201 West Wall Street: Jasper: 1891 vestige of the abandoned town of North Sioux Falls, Minnesota, relocated circa 1893 as the first in a row of Sioux Quartzite buildings on Jasper's main street.
Under the tall prairie grass outside this southwestern Minnesota town lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried and carved into pipes ...
Catlinite, a type of red, carvable rock used by Native Americans for pipes and effigies; Pipestone Area High School, the public high school in Pipestone, Minnesota; Pipestone Area School District, the public school district serving the community of Pipestone; Pipestone Golf Course, in Miamisburg, Ohio, USA