The South Dakota Hall of Fame is an American award for excellence among South Dakotans. Established in 1974, the South Dakota State Legislature named the organization the state's official hall of fame in 1996. The hall is a museum detailing "acts of excellence", the host of an annual honors ceremony, a statewide K-12 South Dakota History Program, and a Visitor and Education Center in Chamberlain that opened in June 2000. More than 700 South Dakotans have been inducted into the Hall of Fame, and their stories of excellence with supporting media are available online.
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Established | 1974 |
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Location | 1480 S. Main St., Chamberlain, South Dakota |
Coordinates | 43°47′49″N 99°20′29″W / 43.79694°N 99.34139°W |
Type | Hall of fame; history museum |
Nearest car park | yes |
Website | Official website |
Programs
editThe South Dakota Hall of Fame's main program is the hall of fame itself, called the Legacies of Achievement. About 50 to 70 South Dakotans are nominated every year, and 10 are inducted.[1]
The center also runs the Acts of Excellence program, by which organizations and individuals are recognized for "building a culture of excellence in South Dakota, one act at a time". This focuses on acts that focus on the betterment of society, culture, and quality of life in the state, and is sponsored by Sanford Health. A list of recipients is kept on the South Dakota Hall of Fame website.[2]
History
editIn 1996, the South Dakota State Hall of Fame was named the state's official hall of fame by the South Dakota State Legislature. In June 2000, the South Dakota Hall of Fame opened their Visitor & Education Center in Chamberlain.[3]
Inductees
editAs of 2023[update], over 700 people have been inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame across seven categories: agriculture, arts and entertainment, general notability, historical figures, political, professional, and sports.[1]
Category | Inductees |
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Agriculture | 9 |
Arts and Entertainment | 110 |
General | 326 |
Historical | 50 |
Political | 6 |
Professional | 215 |
Sports | 40 |
Notable inductees
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Stegenga, Abbey (September 1, 2023). "Hall of Fame: South Dakota's 'culture of excellence' showcased in 2023 class". Mitchell Republic. South Dakota News Watch. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Acts of Excellence". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Hall History". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Cleveland "Cleve" Abbott". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy James W. Abbott". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Gene Abdallah". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy James Abdnor". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy James Abourezk". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Stanford "Stan" Adelstein". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Lewis E. Akeley". South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Arthur Amiotte". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Emma Amiotte". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy George "Sparky" Anderson". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Vernon Ashley". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Robert "Bob" Barker". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy L. Frank Baum". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy William Henry Harrison Beadle". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Thomas Berry". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Nicholas Black Elk". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Andrew Bogue". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy John Gutzon Borglum". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Ordell Braase". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Hilton Briggs". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Jeff Broin". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Tom Brokaw". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Eugene Buechel". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Charles Burke". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy John Cacavas". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Gary Cammack". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy William Carberry". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Francis Case". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Charles Badger Clark". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Jan Conn". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Herb Conn". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Harvey Dunn". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Crazy Horse". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Dennis Daugaard". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Eagle Woman Who All Look At". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Charles Eastman". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Newton Edmunds". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Brigadier General Joseph J. Foss". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Chief Gall". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Harry Gamage". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Tim Giago". South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Delta David Gier". South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Chief Gall". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Alice Gossage". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy John Grass". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy William "Bill" Groethe". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Alvin Hansen". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Carroll Hardy". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Carroll Hardy". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Garney Henley". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Stephanie Herseth Sandlin". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Carole Hillard". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Oscar Howe". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Laura Ingalls Wilder". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Solomon Iron Nation". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy William "Bill" Janklow". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Harold Jones". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Tim Johnson". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Robert Karolevitz". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Herbert Krause". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Shantel Krebs". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Alice Kundert". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Ernest Lawrence". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy C. Emil Loriks". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ South Dakota Association of Cooperatives inductee Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Legacy Stanley Marshall". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy George McGovern". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Vern McKee". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy [James McLaughlin". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Dr. Donald Messer". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Don Meyer". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Oscar Micheaux". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy George S. Mickelson". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy George T. Mickelson". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Billy Mills". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Allen "Al" Neuharth". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Judy Olson Duhamel". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Watson Parker". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ Taylor Rick, Lynn (2013-01-10). "'Dean' of Black Hills history dies". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
- ^ "Legacy Lyndell H. Petersen". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Richard Pettigrew". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Larry Pressler". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Wayne Rasmussen". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Chief Red Cloud". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Gabriel Renville". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Palmer "Pete" Retzlaff". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Joseph Robbie". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy T. Denny Sanford". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Chief Red Cloud". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Sinte Galeska Spotted Tail". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Struck by the Ree". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Clark Swisher". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Young Man Afraid of His Horse". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Casey Tibbs". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Norman Van Brocklin". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Eugene Vidal". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Adam Vinatieri". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Russel "Sox" Walseth Jr". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Howard "Coach" Wood". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Korczak Ziolkowski". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Legacy Korczak Ziolkowski". South Dakota Hall of Fame. South Dakota Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 7, 2024.