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Donated to Date:
$2,339,619.12
updated 1/72023
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$38,155.80
updated 10/5/2022
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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Trail of Governors announces statue unveiling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 27, 2021 Contact: Rick Jensen, President, Trail of Governors Foundation, (605) 454-0689, TrailofGovernors@aol.com PIERRE, S.D. – The Trail of Governors Foundation Board will unveil three former governors’ statues at 10 a.m. on June 11 at...
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.