About Pipestone County Fair

The Pipestone County Fair in Pipestone celebrates the sacred pipestone quarries where Native Americans have quarried catlinite for ceremonial pipe bowls for at least 3,000 years — Pipestone National Monument protects these sacred quarries and only Native Americans may quarry stone there today.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, local food vendors, and a fair honoring a county with one of the most significant Indigenous sacred sites in North America.

Visitor Tips

Pipestone National Monument sacred quarries are among the most spiritually significant sites for many Native American nations. The catlinite red stone is used to carve ceremonial pipes. The Hiawatha pageant performed at the quarries tells the Longfellow story.

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