• Artist George Catlin recorded the quarrying activity at the pipestone quarries in 1836

    Pipestone

    National Monument Minnesota

Flooding at Pipestone National Monument

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George Catlin

George Catlin was the first European-American to visit the pipestone quarries at Pipestone National Monument in 1836.  A geologist dubbed the soft clay stone "Catlinite" after Catlin sent it to him for analysis. More...