Pipestone County MN Archives History .....Pipestone City Growth 1876
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The Worthington Advance Thur Jun 15, 1876 pg 3
             PIPESTONE CITY
   Charles II. Bennett, of LeMars, was in town on
Monday, on his way to Pipestone City, and from him
we gather some facts of interest concerning that 
region. Mr. B. has made investments at Pipestone, and
will spend most of his time there during the summer.
He has a claim abutting on the Quarry, and hopes in
due time to quarry quite a quantity of this unique
stone, the only stone of the kind, we understand, in
the world.
   Mr. Bennett informs us the settlement at Pipestone
City is growing. There are some 15 families there.
D. E Sweet is postmaster, keeps a hotel and locates
parties on public lands. John Lowry has a building up
and a stock of groceries on the way. There are 50 
acres of cuttings growing, and about 150 - 200 acres
of crops in good condition. Forty-three timber claims
and 35 homestead and pre-emption claims have been
taken in Pipestone County, most of them this year.
   D. E. Sweet, C. H. Bennett and W. J. Taylor, on
Monday and Tuesday, the 5th and 6th inst., located
and mounded a direct road from Pipestone City to
connect with our northwest road. A joint petition
is being circulated for the location of a mail
route on said line. The distance to Pipestone City
from Worthington by this direct line is about 46 miles.
   We look forward to the time, in the near future,
when Worthington will draw considerable trade from
Pipestone and Murray Counties. And when the Southern
Minnesota builds the branch norwest to Pipestone City,
we expect to see the beautiful pipestone used largely
for windown and door caps, mantles, etc., in the
city of Worthington.


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