South Dakota State Motto (November 2, 1889) stated:
<Under God The People Rule.> 1889SD003
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Endnotes:
1889SD003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). South Dakota State Motto, 1889. The World Book Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (Chicago, IL: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1957; W.F. Quarrie and Company, 8 vols., 1917; World Book, Inc., 22 vols., 1989), Vol. 15, p. 7601. John Wilson Taylor, M.A., Ph.D., et al., The Lincoln Library of Essential Information (Buffalo, New York: The Frontier Press Company, 1935), p. 2068. Charles Wallis, ed., Our American Heritage (NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1970), p. 30.