Flandreau in Moody County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Governor Bill Janklow
September 5, 2021
1. Governor Bill Janklow Marker
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Governor Bill Janklow. . William John "Bill" Janklow was born in Chicago in 1939. He grew up in Flandreau. After serving in the US Marine Corps, he married Flandreau native Mary Dean Thom. They raised three children: Russell, Pam, and Shonna. After graduating from the University of South Dakota and the USD School of Law, Bill became a Legal Aid lawyer on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. South Dakota voters elected Bill Attorney General in 1974, Governor in 1978, 1982, 1994, and 1998, and to Congress in 2002. During his unprecedented four terms as governor, Bill made state government more efficient and innovative; helped save the state's farm-to-market railroads; changed the mission of Dakota State University to a nationally acclaimed computer school; converted USD/Springfield into a minimum security prison where inmates learn job skills; brought Citibank and other financial service companies to South Dakota; exercised a front line approach to the state's resources to natural disasters; promoted South Dakota through such activities as the Governor's Pheasant Hunt, Governor's Snowmobile Ride, Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup, and Capitol Christmas Trees, and used prison inmates to wire the state's school buildings for Internet access, earning South Dakota the honor of being the most wired state in America.
William John "Bill" Janklow was born in Chicago in 1939. He grew up in Flandreau. After serving in the US Marine Corps, he married Flandreau native Mary Dean Thom. They raised three children: Russell, Pam, and Shonna. After graduating from the University of South Dakota and the USD School of Law, Bill became a Legal Aid lawyer on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. South Dakota voters elected Bill Attorney General in 1974, Governor in 1978, 1982, 1994, and 1998, and to Congress in 2002. During his unprecedented four terms as governor, Bill made state government more efficient and innovative; helped save the state's farm-to-market railroads; changed the mission of Dakota State University to a nationally acclaimed computer school; converted USD/Springfield into a minimum security prison where inmates learn job skills; brought Citibank and other financial service companies to South Dakota; exercised a front line approach to the state's resources to natural disasters; promoted South Dakota through such activities as the Governor's Pheasant Hunt, Governor's Snowmobile Ride, Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup, and Capitol Christmas Trees, and used prison inmates to wire the state's school buildings for Internet access—earning South Dakota the honor of being the most wired state in America.
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by the State of South Dakota. (Marker Number 710.)
Location. 44° 3.107′ N, 96° 36.351′ W. Marker is in Flandreau, South Dakota, in Moody County. Marker is at the intersection of West Community Drive and North 13th Street, on the left when traveling east on West Community Drive. Located at the entrance of the William J. Janklow Community Center/Armory in Flandreau. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 802 W Community Dr, Flandreau SD 57028, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Governor Bill Janklow Marker at the William J. Janklow Community Center/Armory
Credits. This page was last revised on September 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2021. This page has been viewed 187 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 7, 2021. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
