Pipestone Minnesota is located in extreme Southwest, MN. Many North American Indian tribes-Ojibwa, Dakota, Oto, Pawnee, Sac Fox, Lakota came to quarry the sacred redstone known as pipestone or catlinite. The soft red pipestone is found under layers of the very hard Sioux quartitze. The pipestone became a valued trade item and was responsible for Pipestone becoming a Crossroads of the Indian World. The Song of Hiawatha Pageant has played at the pipestone quarry lake for nearly 60 years. Pipestone’s Historic District features 20-old buildings constructed of Sioux quartitze, including the Historic Calumet Inn.