friday, september 25, 2009
we drove straight across minnesota towards pipestone. pipestone, minnesota is about 8 miles east of the south dakota line (!!) and the pipestone national monument area protects the pipestone quarries that the native americans use to obtain the stone that is used to create their sacred pipes. the quarries are closed to only native americans:
also at the national monument is a site called the three maidens. the three stones were originally one boulder that came down on a canadian glacier. legend says the stones hold the spirits of three maidens and offerings must be given to them before going into the quarries for pipestone.
pipestone, mn, is a neat old town, with many of the buildings made of beautiful sioux quartzite and built around 1880-1900. they are all are listed on the national registry for historic places.:
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