MUSEUM TO HOST A FAMILY HISTORY WEBINAR WATCH PARTY The public is invited to join the Pipestone County Historical Society for a Legacy Family Tree webinar “Watch Party” where we will be viewing, Bridging Generations: Connecting with Living Relatives Through MyHeritage by Lisa Lisson. The webinar will discuss various ways to connect with living relatives who are strangers on a different branch of the same tree. Making these connections can unveil a treasure trove of family history beyond the confines of documents and records. Viewers will walk away with a newfound ability to weave their family’s living stories into a [...]

  Final Pioneering Pipestone County Speaker Rescheduled The Pipestone County Historical Society in collaboration with the Edgerton Public Library will be hosting the final presentation in the Pioneering Pipestone County speaker series on Tuesday, March 18th beginning at 6:30 p.m. The presentation was rescheduled due to weather and will be held at the Edgerton Public Library located at 811 1st Ave. West in Edgerton. This event is FREE to attend. This presentation is being made possible by a Better Together grant funded by Prairielands Library Exchange. Prairielands is a state funded nonprofit whose mission is to support libraries across 18 counties [...]

  MARCH COFFEE TALK TO SHARE STORIES OF MURDER AND MAYHEM FROM PIPESTONE COUNTY’S PAST The public is invited to join the Pipestone County Historical Society for its March Coffee Talk on Thursday, March 20th when Museum Educator, Trava Olivier, shares information from the recent History Happy Hour events held in January and February. Included in the presentation will be the stories of the tragic deaths of Maggie Dowd and Roy Hislop plus additional tales from Pipestone County’s Past. If you were unable to attend those events, this is another opportunity to learn these hidden pieces of the past. Coffee Talks [...]