Pipestone National Monument News

Along the cliffs at Pipestone National Monument south of the existing Winnewissa Falls, worn quartzite ledges reveal the visual memory of Pipestone Creeka s natural, original course and the spillway located below, according to Dr.

All National Park Service sites across the country, including Pipestone National Monument, will offer free visitor admission for U.S. veterans, active members of the U.S. armed forces and their families on Wednesday, Nov.

Pipestone National Monument will join all National Park Service sites in offering free admission for U.S. Veterans, active members of the U.S. armed forces and their families on Veterans Day, Nov.

Complementing the PBS documentary series,A The National Parks: America's Best Idea, MinnesotaA is telling its own National Park story, airing on WDSE Channel 8 at 8 p.m. Sunday.

One man has been charged with four felonies in connection with two burglaries that occurred at The Keepers, Sept.

The Pipestone Active Living Partnership is co-sponsoring one last summer walking event Tuesday night from 4-7:30 p.m. The event will be staged at the Minnesota West Technical and Community College.

On August 25, 1937 President Franklin Roosevelt, signed into law a bill that set aside a small area encompassing the famous Pipestone quarries of southern Minnesota, long a place of great significance for American Indians.

The four-day Sundance ceremony held at Pipestone National Monument by special permit began first with the Tree Day celebration that took place Wednesday, Aug.

Recent sightings and reports of interest: Indigo Buntings, Eurasian Collared Doves in Jackson and in Okabena, and Great-Tailed Grackles south of Lakfield, just off of Highway 86.

Last Friday afternoon on land at Pipestone National Monument, Indian chanting and drumming from a DVD drifted across the prairie from the open windows of a pickup truck.