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Donated to Date:
$2,314,669.12
updated 6/27/2022
Endowment Balance:
$29,886.36
updated 4/3/2020
About the Trail of Governors Foundation
The Trail of Governors is a non-profit group working to celebrate leaders who have shaped South Dakota into the state it is today. The Trail of Governors will be creating and erecting life-sized statues of all past South Dakota governors and forming a “trail” of the statues from the State Capitol grounds to downtown Pierre near the Missouri River.
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Upcoming Trail of Governors Events
2021 unveiling of Governors Crawford, Sheldon, and Gunderson is June 11th at 10 AM. In the Capitol Rotunda. 4th Annual Run with the Governor's is June 12th at 8:30 AM
Dear Friend of the Trail of Governors,
Speaking of history, we are living through a most memorable time. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected so many aspects of our lives and here is yet another. The Trail of Governors Foundation board is postponing the new statue unveiling that was planned for June 2020. We...
Video Playlist of all the Governors on the Trail of Governors
Warren E Berry (the great grandson of Governor Tom Berry's brother Claude Allen Berry, Sr.) Recorded the video and read the biographies.
New governors’ statues unveiled June 14 in Pierre
PIERRE, S.D. – Statues for South Dakota Govs. Samuel Elrod, Archie Gubbrud and Dennis Daugaard were unveiled at the Capitol Rotunda on June 14. Gov Kristi Noem took part in her first Trail of Governors ceremony as the three bronze statues were viewed for the first...