County Information
Pipestone County Created: 1857
Parent County: Murray
Named for: Indian pipestone quarry
County Seat: Pipestone
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Pipestone County Courthouse
Built in 1901 for $45,175.
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BIOS: transcribed by Robin Line - J. H. Nichols
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HISTORY: from An Illustrated History of the Counties of Rock and Pipestone Minnesota - CHAPTER XXXII. REMINDERS OF EARLY DAYS.
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