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Pipestone County Historical Society

Pipestone, Minnesota

Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Pipestone.

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14Titles

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1879 to 1939Dates represented

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216,226Archive pages

Historical pages reported for this collection.

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Discover the people, places, and stories of Pipestone, Minnesota.

Explore the past of Pipestone, Minnesota through newspapers in the Pipestone County Historical Society's digital archive. Its fourteen titles include material from 1879 to 1939.

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  • Selected titles

    A selection from Pipestone County Historical Society: “American Indian Bulletin” and “Woodstock News”.

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  • A closer look

    An earlier generation comes into view through the stories its newspapers chose to report, placing familiar names and events within the concerns of their time.

Reporting from the time can reveal how people described the events, work and concerns of their day, placing a local story within the history unfolding around it. Whether you are tracing a family connection, exploring a local event or sharing history with a class, there is more to discover than names and dates alone. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.

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Titles in this collection

Browse fourteen titles and 216,226 digitized pages, with material from 1879 to 1939. This collection is shared through Pipestone County Historical Society's partnership with Advantage Archives. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.

A family story or a question about a familiar place can lead somewhere unexpected. Browse the titles below and see which detail draws you in.

American Indian Bulletin

56 pages in 1929

Edgerton Enterprise

13,846 pages from 1887 to 1913

Pipestone County Republican

36 pages in 1887

Pipestone County Star

81,216 pages from 1879 to 1939

Pipestone Review

8 pages in 1887

The Daily Star

11,760 pages from 1886 to 1899

The Edgerton News

58 pages in 1880

The Farmers Leader

14,794 pages from 1897 to 1914

The Holland Independent

7,234 pages from 1922 to 1932

The Jasper Journal

38,816 pages from 1888 to 1939

The Pipestone Leader

30,686 pages from 1915 to 1939

The Ruthton Tribune

12,402 pages from 1925 to 1939

Woodstock Eagle

252 pages from 1891 to 1892

Woodstock News

5,062 pages from 1909 to 1916

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About the Society

About The Pipestone County Historical Society

Located at 113 S. Hiawatha Avenue in Pipestone, Minnesota, the Pipestone County Historical Society is dedicated to serving the informational and educational needs of the community. The society provides a welcoming space for reading, research, and community events, reflecting its commitment to greater access to historical content. Through partnerships and outreach, the society continues to engage the community in preserving and discovering local history.

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Institution History

The History Of The Pipestone County Historical Society

Established in 1880, the Pipestone County Historical Society is the second oldest county historical society in Minnesota. Initially, collections were housed at the Pipestone County Courthouse until 1967, when the City of Pipestone deeded the Old City Hall Building to the society. Since then, this building has served as the Pipestone County Museum, housing a vast collection of artifacts, exhibits, and a research/genealogy library. The museum staff serves area schools and other groups with tours, in-house programs, and outreach programs, maintaining rotating historical exhibits and preserving the rich history of the region.

About the Community

About Pipestone, Minnesota

Pipestone, located in Pipestone County, Minnesota, is a city rich in history and cultural heritage. The area is renowned for the Pipestone National Monument, where Native American tribes have quarried red pipestone for centuries to create ceremonial pipes. The city played a significant role in the development of the region and continues to honor its past through various historical landmarks and community initiatives that preserve its unique identity.

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Research Guidance

Compare accounts as you trace a story

A family name, a familiar street or a story passed down through generations can lead to a closer look at the history of Pipestone. The digital archive shared by the Pipestone County Historical Society offers a place to begin. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. Use a report's date to look for earlier or later coverage where those issues are available. Compare what each account says and what it leaves out, treating a related mention as a lead rather than a complete history.

Compare each newspaper account with a nearby dated issue where available, noting what changes or stays consistent. Keep alternate versions and unresolved details visible rather than blending distinct sources into one story. Use those differences to frame a next question, not to settle the account before the sources support it.

Keep source details beside each quotation or observation. If accounts differ, preserve both references and note what remains unresolved. Let the evidence, rather than a smooth retelling, show where the sources agree and where the story is still open.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Pipestone County Historical Society, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.

Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.

Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.

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Stories, research tips, and archive news

Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.

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March 18, 2025

It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?

We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
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