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Donated to Date:
$2,339,619.12
updated 1/72023
Endowment Balance:
$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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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...
2018 Trail of Governors Annual Report
https://www.trailofgovernors.com/annual-report/
Check out the videos for each finished Trail of Governor’s Statue
Special thanks to Governors of South Dakota for creating and sharing these videos. Visit our Trail Route & Videos page and click on the YouTube icon next to each statue listing to watch.
The class of 2019 Governor statues to be unveiled June 14, 2019
5th Governor 1905-1907 - Samuel H. Elrod 22nd Governor 1961-1965 - Archie Gubbrud 32nd Governor 2011-2019 - Dennis Daugaard