South Dakota: state seal
The South Dakota constitution of 1889 legalized the state seal, and in 1961 colors for it were specified by law. In the foreground of the seal a farmer plows his fields, in the middle runs a river with a white steamboat, and in the background is a field with a smelting furnace and a dump, with hills behind them. Near the upper edge is the state motto, “Under God the People Rule.”
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