The Story of The Camden “Vase” By George Chamberlain The story
of one of the interesting pieces of Indian pottery so far found
in Minnesota begins with the early life of a pioneer school girl
in Lyon County, Minnesota. This country is in the southwestern
part of the state in which the famous pipestone quarries are
located. It was many years later that this girl, then Mrs. Isaac
Elliot, mentioned to the writer how she and her sister used an
Indian mound known as “The Knob” as a landmark when they walked
to school which was in the town of Lynd five miles from their
home. Due to the lapse of many years since she had last seen it
Mrs. Elliot’s directions as to the location of the mound were
insufficient for searching parties to find it. However, in 1934
it was located by a surveying party and plans were made to
explore this ancient relic of the past. This was done R.A.
Skoglund, landscape architect at Camden State Park, W.C.
Peterson of the Lyon County Historical Society, and the writer.
After some fruitless exca