PIPESTONE, MINNESOTA

OUR SCHOOL

• Our school is in Pipestone, MN
• There are about 80-90 students in our grade
• The grades in our school are 5th-12th
• There are 21 students in our class
• Our school mascot is the Pipestone Arrows
• There are about 800 students in our school

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OUR TOWN, PIPESTONE

• The population of Pipestone is 4,317.
• There are more pigs than people in the county of Pipestone.
• There are more than 200 wind turbines in Pipestone County. It is very windy and we don't have very many mosquitos.
• There are 5 lakes in Pipestone County.
• Pipestone County is located in the Southwest corner of the state.
• Pipestone also has a national monument.

Here are some facts about the Pipestone National Monument. The monument is the rock. Native Americans come from everywhere to dig up the rock and make their peace pipes out of it. It is one of the only places that you can find pipestone rock in North America. Pipestone and Pipestone County got its name from the rock.

Pipestone rock is kind of red and pink.

FACTS ABOUT MINNESOTA

• Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined
• Minnesota's nicknames are: Land of 10,000 Lakes, Gopher State, and North Star State
• There are 1,000 to 1,200 wind turbines in Minnesota
• The Mississippi River starts in Lake Itasca, Minnesota
• Minnesota got its name from the Native American word "Minisota" meaning sky-tinted water

MORE MINNESOTA FACTS

• The state bird is the Northern Loon.
• The state flower is the pink and white lady's slipper.
• The state tree is the Norway Pine (a.k.a. Red Pine).
• The state capital is St. Paul.
• The state insect is the Monarch butterfly.
• The state fruit is the Honeycrisp Apple. It was created at the University of Minnesota.
• The state muffin is the blueberry muffin.

Here is were Pipestone, Minnesota is located on a map

I hope you learned something new!