Pipestone County Commemorative & 
Centennial Books

Below is a list of Commemorative & Centennial Books that are in the Museum Archives. As with all of our research materials, they are available by request for public research. The type of information one can find from these books varies, depending on the book, one can sometimes find lists of members, oral histories, biographies and profiles. For more information, please email or write, we will be happy to help you in any way that we can.

Questions and Inquiries can be directed to: pipctymu@iw.net

In the Archives:

Pipestone County History Books:

• History of Rock and Pipestone Counties, A. P. Rose, 1911
• History of Pipestone, MN Centennial Edition, 1958
• Pipestone County History, 1984

City Centennial History Books:

• Edgerton, Minnesota; A History 1879-1979
• Holland, Minnesota; Holland 1888-1988
• Ihlen, Minnesota; Ihlen Memoirs 1888-1988
• Jasper, Minnesota; Jasper Celebrates the Bicentennial 1976
• Jasper, Minnesota; Jasper, 1888-1988
• Ruthton, Minnesota; Ruthton Centennial, 1988
• Trosky, Minnesota; Then & Now Centennial, 1884-1984
• Woodstock, Minnesota; Woodstock, 1879-1992

Church Centennial and Anniversary Books for Pipestone County

• Eden Church, Eden township, Pipestone County, MN; Evangelistic Lutheran Church
• Church of St. Martin. Woodstock, Minnesota, Centennial 1883-1983
• St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pipestone, MN; Forty Fifth Anniversary, 1892-1937
• Peace United Methodist Church, Pipestone, MN; 1884-1984

Other County Histories:

• Cottonwood County History, 1870-1970
• Lincoln County, Early History if Lincoln County, MN; 1936
• Lyon County History, 1870-1970
• Murray County History, 1982
• Nobles County, History of Nobles County, A.P. Rose, 1908
• Rock County, History of Rock & Pipestone Counties, A.P. Rose, 1911

Centennial Books from other Cities outside Pipestone County:

• Hendricks, Minnesota & Surrounding Communities. Harvesting the Memories, Profiles of Neighbors, 1984
• Russell, Minnesota; Our first One Hundred Years, 1888-1988
• Verdi, Minnesota; Community Centennial, A Century of Activity, 1879-1979
• Lake Wilson, Minnesota; Lake Wilson, 1882-1982