South Dakota's 125th Birthday Wagon Train - Sept 3 - 20, 2014

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Pierre, S.D. - The route is set for the historic wagon train that will celebrate South Dakota’s 125^th anniversary of statehood.   The wagon train will start in Yankton, home of the Dakota Territory Capital, on September 3 and end at the State Capitol in Pierre on September 20.
Wagon train organizer Gerald Kessler of Fort Pierre has participated in over ninety wagon trains.  He said, “Traveling in a wagon train for 15-17 miles a day is hard work, but it’s also a lot of fun making new friends on the ride and along the route.” 
The route includes stops in 13 towns and several pastures as the wagon train makes its way on roads and cross country.
Each evening along the way, local landowners and historians will present a history of that local area.  Communities and civic groups will be sponsoring evening meals and events so local people and students can see the wagon train up close and visit with wagon train participants.
The wagon train is being sponsored by the South Dakota Draft Horse and Mule Association. The cost is $125 per participant who can then ride any or all of the 17 days of the journey.  The wagon train will supply a wagon master, outriders, toilets, water and buses to move vehicles each evening.   The participants must supply their own equipment, animals, food, livestock feed and other traveling necessities.  All fees and donations will be used to defray the costs of the wagon train. 
Thirty-six wagons and 84 people have already signed up for the wagon train from eight states - South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and Kentucky.
People can contact Gerald Kessler at 605-223-2313 for more information.

http://www.125.sd.gov/wagontrain.aspx