Building on a Borrowed PastWhy is there a national monument near a small town on the Minnesota prairie? Why do the towns residents dress as Indians each summer and perform a historical pageant based on a Victorian era poem? To answer such questions, Building on a Borrowed Past: Place and Identity in Pipestone, Minnesota shows what happens when one culture absorbs the heritage of another for civic advantage. Founded in 1874, Pipestone was named for the quarries where regional