"South Dakota's Last Campaign Train"
Join Terry C. Anderson as he shares the story behind his article “The Train Is Coming,” featured in the Summer 2025 issue of South Dakota History. Anderson recounts his experience aboard the 1968 Victory Special—a whistle-stop campaign train supporting South Dakota’s Republican candidates—and weaves in first-hand accounts from fellow volunteers, staff, and campaigners for a unique look at state politics in the late 1960s.

Anderson, former director of both the South Dakota and Wisconsin legislative councils, received the Richard Copp Amateur Award for this presentation at the 2024 Dakota Conference.