South Dakota State Historical Society opened as a home for all archives, a museum, and their administrative offices. In 2014, the South Dakota State Historical Society published an annotated version of Wilder's autobiography, titled "Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography", by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pamela Smith Hill (Editor). In addition to the State Archives, the Society operates the Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society, the State Historic Preservation Office, the South Dakota State Historical Society Press, and an archaeological research center. South Dakota State Historical Society The South Dakota State Historical Society is South Dakota's official state historical society and is located in Pierre,
Capital punishment in South Dakota death (there is no retrial). The governor has the power of clemency with respect to death sentences. Death row is located in Sioux Falls. Lethal injection is the only method of execution provided by statutes. First-degree murder is a Class A Felony in South Dakota, punishable by death or life imprisonment. It is the only Class A Felony in the state. It is only punishable by death if it involves any of the following aggravating factors: South Dakota executed four men between 1877 and its admission to the union in 1889, and 10 men between that time and the abolition