2 20 143 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document We were married June 9, 1972 at Burke, SD and came to Rapid City, SD for our honeymoon. As we drove into the city a very black cloud hung over an area "just ahead" and it was pretty dark in the rest of the area and out to where we were coming into town. My husband had some cabins in mind where he wanted to stay but being country kids wasn't sure exactly where they were and as the rain started to pour we decided to take a hotel. The TV said Rapid Creek was flooding, however growing up next to the Missouri River we weren't overly concerned. The next morning the water quit in the shower and the stool wouldn't flush-just what kind of place did we get?? But as we started out to visit some relatives in just three short blocks we ran into mud all over the streets and pavement turned up and then cars in piles and sitting on end and trees dripping with junk. Later we found "the cabins," we would have lost the car for sure had we stayed there and then it would have just depended on which cabin one was in...I took pictures till I ran out of film. We were unable to leave town for three days. The saddest thing was as we left there were people sitting on the bridges and, of course, we knew they were watching for bodies. My husband says we started in rocky waters but we were indeed the lucky ones. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boyt and Theresa Young Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 29, 2012 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document June 9, 1972, the Rapid City Flood remembered by Brian H. Cole I remember that night very well. I just turned 17 in late April 1972 and was at a party up the hill near Camp Rapid. As the evening approached, we could hear someone shooting a gun and another blowing a whistle in the neighborhood west of Rapid Creek, near Baken Park shopping center. At that time, none of us knew of the disaster that had happened at lower elevations. Eventually I left the party and went down to the neighborhood below. The National Guard was there trying to get a truck out of the mud. This was about 5 blocks from Rapid Creek, across from Sioux Park. I met up with 2 other guys that were looking to help. None of us knew one another, but we formed a small group and we decided to try to get to the people that were shooting the gun and blowing the whistle. One of the guys within our small group took the lead, and he was the age of someone that may have come back from Vietnam. I say this because he took charge, like a military leader would, and that was perfectly fine with me. We took off towards where we thought the sounds were coming, towards Rapid Creek. The water became deeper and flowed stronger as we walked closer to where the gun shots and whistles were coming from. At one point we tied a rope around one guy (the lead guy) and he tried to make it closer to where we thought someone needed help, while we held the rope in case he was swept off of his feet. We may have been about two blocks from Rapid Creek at this point. But he came back and said the water was just too deep and fast. At about this time the gun shots stopped and we could no longer hear any whistle either. We started back, checking the houses as we went. All lights were out and it was dark. At one point I suddenly dropped under water because I fell into a basement (the house was already gone). After that we came across an older couple in one of the many flooded houses, so I carried the older gentleman, and another guy carried his wife. This older guy was clearly in shock, visibly shaking badly, but he was a strong South Dakotan, cussing all the way while being carried by this 17-year-old. We made it back to where the National Guard was, and their truck was free from the mud, so they took the couple up to Camp Rapid, along with others. I’m sure we all remember the weeks that followed as well. Every day we’d see emergency vehicles go by, and we knew they found another body (one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history). Brian H. Cole Stevens High “73” SDSM&T “81” Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Brian Cole Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 16, 2022 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document To me, June 9th will always be synonymous with the Rapid City flood. We lived on Twin Elms Drive in west Rapid. I was nearly 12 at the time. A friend and I hoped to go to the car races that Friday evening. However as the evening progressed it became obvious that the races were rained out. I walked home at about 8 pm. My older brother arrived home telling wild stories of driving through high water. He said that they had driven out Hwy 44 and at Nameless Cave Road they had driven through water over the hood of the pickup. (Sure you did - like it would keep running with water over the hood...) Anyway we thought it would be good to go out and pursue more of that type of adventure. Being clever teenagers we decided we should take the 4-wheel drive Chevy Blazer since it had better ground clearance. Our Mother is an RN and she was due to work the night shift that evening so was asleep. We sneaked into her bedroom and got the Blazer keys. We set out with my older sister and her 2 year old daughter. We went down several flooded streets with water up to the doors of the Blazer. One of the bridges we went over was directly below Canyon Lake Dam and it had two feet of water rushing over it. By this time it was around ten pm. We went to Canyon Lake Park and walked along the dam in the rain. When lightning flashed, it illuminated Canyon Lake which was a swirling mass of debris, houses, trees, boats and other junk. At that time it was one or two feet from overtopping the earthen dam. We walked to the old spillway which was full to the top. It seemed the water was rushing 60 mph down the spillway. The top of the spillway was clogged with debris. I remember there were men there, likely city workers, trying to clear the debris perhaps with crowbars. Of course it was futile due to the force of the water. It was likely obvious to them that the dam would soon be overtopped. In fact it did break less than an hour later. The idea that the dam could break, or the overall danger did not really cross our minds. We were just dumb teenagers. By now it was well after ten pm. We went down Jackson Blvd which was also flooded and past the bank at Baken Park. I vividly recall the time on the bank clock was 10:38 pm. Canyon Lake Dam broke right about that time. We drove back home down Canyon Lake drive, having seen enough unusual sights. If we had driven down Jackson Blvd I would likely not be writing this. I am sure we were some of the last people to see Canyon Lake before it overtopped and the dam failed. Meanwhile Mom had risen from her nap and found that her kids were gone in her 4 wheel drive and by this time there were dire flood warnings on TV. Panic-stricken, she set off down the street looking for us with a flashlight. After a block or so she realized how silly that was, looking for us on foot and went home. We awoke the next morning to the horrible aftermath. I will never forget the smell. Not exactly a stench - just a smell of earth torn apart by the floodwaters. We walked to what was left of Canyon Lake Dam and witnessed a body being retrieved from what was once the bottom of the lake. We later walked down to Omaha Street looking for a friend that lived near Rice Cycle. He survived but some of his family did not. While we were there, police cars went zipping by and sirens wailed. It was rumored that Deerfield Reservoir had broken. We jumped in the back of a dump truck and headed for high ground. As I recall, there were other such rumors the following days, Pactola breaking etc... At the time of the flood my Dad was at a funeral in Iowa. Relatives asked him if he had brought the family and if he had heard the news of the big flood. He could not believe what they were saying so he turned on the car radio to hear the news at the top of the hour. He knew it was real when he heard Dick Shilvock, a local broadcaster, on the national news describing the devastation. Immediately after the flood he drove home as fast as a 1970 Plymouth could go. He was stopped several times by the law but they let him go. Of course he could not contact us as all the phone lines were out. The day after he got home he discovered that the clutch was seized up on the pickup (the pickup my brother said he had driven underwater). We popped the hood and there was horse manure on top of the intake manifold. We concluded that perhaps he really had been in water over the hood at Nameless Cave Road. My brother, sister, niece and I were very, very, lucky to survive. It was an interesting summer, dealing with washed out bridges everywhere. Our family had a cabin west of Nemo. The old road up Boxelder Creek had washed out and it took us several months to find a new way into the cabin. Shortly after the flood we drove up Nemo Road and every bridge was washed out. Crossings had been improvised since it would be months before new bridges could be put in. Our pickup got stuck in one of the first crossings. Dad walked nearly to Nemo before locating someone with a 4-wheel drive to pull us out. Victims of the flood - a classmate from West Junior High, relatives of a good friend, daughter of a co-worker of Dad, several children in a family just three blocks from our house - rest in peace. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Brian Stambaugh Subject The topic of the resource Written Memory Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document At about 21:30 on June 9, 1972, I went out with my brother in law, Rick Braband, who was 24 at the time. I was almost 14 years old. Rick had a new Scout II, which was a good 4wd at that time, and he wanted to go out and see what was occurring as a result of the then several hour old rain storm. We traveled to Canyon Lake Dam, arriving in the area of the Canyon Lake Club, located at the north end of the dam or the NE edge of the lake. Upon arriving we found an unbelievably swollen lake, at about 10:00 p.m. We stood on the dam looking out, there were some authorities there with spotlights shining out into the lake. There were cars, rooftops, refrigerators already floating through the lake from the canyon above. It did not occur to me at the time that these were possessions and components of residences that had been washed out already that night. For some reason, we decided to drive down below the dam, over to the spillway. At about what must have been 10:15-10:30 p.m., we were able to observe firefighters on the spillway catwalk (above the spillway) trying to open the gates. We got fragments of them yelling that they were open to the max amount already. About that time water began to "rooster tail" 30-50 feet straight into the air from the concrete spillway channel, which was below grade at that time. It was evident that the spillway had reached its max capacity and the force of the water flowing through it was causing peculiar characteristics. About that time a police officer, I believe his name was Sam Roach- as he was African American and we only had one African American officer on the force at that time, pulled up and observed what we were observing. He looked at the water and looked at us and said, "I am getting out of here and I suggest you do the same." We were right behind him. I would guess this time to be right about 10:30 p.m. I found out later that the Canyon Lake Dam failed at approx. 10:35-10:45 p.m. We were directly below the dam just moments before it failed. We then began making our way back to the northwest side of Rapid City, to higher ground. I recall crossing the bridge at 32nd Street and Jackson and noting that the headlights from the vehicle showed water just starting to wash over the driving surface of the bridge, I am not sure what time that bridge failed, but it was gone by morning. I have read accounts and have no doubt that other people were losing their lives in close proximity to us at the exact time we made our unwitting escape from tragedy. In the days and weeks ahead I discovered that several classmates were lost and a number of families I knew were lost. All of us were affected in some way. I worked that summer helping clean up flooded homes, and worked in a family related car dealership cleaning up mud and cleaning out muddy parts for weeks. It was a losing battle. Virtually everything had to be thrown, nothing could be salvaged. I will never forget "The Flood." When I left for the US Marine Corps four summers later, the city was almost, but not completely, cleaned up from the flood. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bryan Schnell Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 26, 2012 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I'm sure there have been a plethora of '72 flood stories posted as we just passed that inauspicious date, but I have a bit of a different point of view on the events of the day. I was a 15-year old Boy Scout camping at Camp Old Broadaxe in the Nemo area with a bunch of other Scouts from the Black Hills Area Council for an Order of the Arrow weekend. When the rain first started we all headed for our tents located at various sites around the grounds and spent the next couple of hours doing the usual grab-ass stuff that Scouts on campouts do. By around 8 pm the deluge was worsening and it was starting to get concerning to the leaders in charge. Finally, runners were sent to all the campsites to round up the boys and head them up to the mess hall. Needless to say, it was a bit of a madhouse with 50+ wet and excited boys stuffed into this structure. About 10 pm we got the news that the bridge across the creek that ran alongside the camp was getting ready to go. I remember venturing out with flashlights and rain ponchos to watch this bridge constructed of large Ponderosa Pine trunks torn away and washed down stream as if it were made of Tinker Toys. The next day dawned clear and sunny and as a bunch of kids we didn't really think much of the storm. We were told Rapid City was hit pretty hard but didn't really realize the full extent of what had happened. On Sunday when we were scheduled to leave, we had to hike out with our gear as the bridge was out. Again a great adventure until we came to a clearing and saw a SD National Guard UH-1 Huey (what they called slicks in Vietnam) set down. The pilot told us they were surveying the damage in that area and that Rapid was in bad shape. We hiked to where a bus had been found to bring us home and as we got nearer to Rapid we saw the devastation that had been visited on our town the night before Needless to say what we observed had a sobering effect on all of us. Thankfully, my home in the Canyon Lake area had escaped any structural damage although we did have the smelly issue of the sewer in the basement backing up. The night of the flood my dad nearly drown when his vehicle was washed down thru the West Main gap when the dam burst and sent a wall of water down thru town. Thankfully, a good Samaritan pulled him out of the water and very likely saved his life. One of the people whose remains were never found was a classmate of mine. He along with his mother and father all perished on that terrible night.. It was a long summer of clearing debris, cars , destroyed houses and in a few cases, recovering the bodies of victims. It will always stay with me. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource BSA Camp Old Broadaxe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Location at Time of Flood: Platte, SD Arrived Rapid City day after with South Dakota Army National Guard as platoon leader. 2nd Plt. 200th Engr Co was involved in construction of bridge across Rapid Creek on Jackson Blvd. Bridge stayed in place through Aug ’72. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burton Sly Description An account of the resource Written Memory Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Buzz Grover’s Story Buzz Grover, of Hill City, can attest for every one of those inches. Buzz, who lived in Keystone at the time of the flood, remembers how dark the clouds were the night of the storm. By the time he and his construction crew had finished picking up their tools, the men were drenched. Buzz went to bed at 7 P.M. that night, exhausted from a lack of sleep. His wife, Kathy Hunsaker at the time woke him up only a few minutes later to tell him that Battle Creek was rising. Buzz reassured her that it was just a light spring storm. The next thing he remembers is Kathy beating on his chest around 9 P.M. screaming “Wake up, wake up! Something is wrong!” Buzz jumped up and flipped the light switch. Nothing happened. He made his way down the hallway of their moving trailer and opened the back door. He will never forget what he saw next. “The lightening was so intense; it was as if the sun was up. Then it would just be pitch black. I just stood there and saw this wall of water, much higher than our trailer house, about 20 feet away. I saw a propane tank riding the tops of the water. It must have been going about 100 mph.” Buzz said. Buzz then noticed stucco cabins floating by him. Those cabins would later hit overturned pine trees and explode like dynamite. In Buzz’s neighborhood, there were three trailers and one house, all owned by Buzz’s dad. Two trailers had already washed away. Buzz’s trailer, once perpendicular to Battle Creek, was now parallel to the flow. Buzz watched his dad’s house, vacant at the time, rise and start to turn. Then it quickly disappeared. His wife at his side, Buzz heard his friends yell at him from about 60 feet away. From the shore, they screamed. “Swim for your lives.” His wife, seven months pregnant, did not wait another second. She jumped into the water while Buzz was still removing his shoes. Buzz immediately jumped in and placed his left arm under his wife’s pregnant belly. Fighting the fierce current, he took one step. Deciding not to let the current suck him under, he began launching himself off the ground. Rising above the water, again and again Buzz managed to jump upstream toward shore. Only about 10 or 12 feet from his goal, Buzz took a step and found nothing there. He then remembered the location of the old root cellar. What happened next occurred out of pure adrenaline, he said. “I threw Kathy 15 feet onto the shore. The last thing I saw was people picking her up.” Continuing to move himself through the tormented waters, Buzz found himself trapped behind debris. It was difficult to move, but after considerable effort, he managed to break loose. Finally on shore, Buzz managed to help rescue three other people. One of them, March Watson, was clinging to her kitchen table, floating in six feet of water. Although Kathy’s pregnant body suffered trauma, she gave birth to a baby girl named Heidi two months later. Thinking back on it, Buzz can only think of one reason he is still here. “I truly believe the lord protected me. It’s by the grace of God that I made it, period. There is no other reason I should be here.” Countless people tried to ensure the survival of those trapped and lost amidst the rushing water. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buzz Grover Description An account of the resource Written Memory Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 1972 FLOOD IN RAPID CITY, SD This story was told to me by my mother, Leota J. Dewey, who survived the 1972 flood. She died September 25, 2006 at the age of 90. I, Carla (Dewey) Johnson was employed by the VA in Hot Springs, SD as an RN the evening of June 9th, 1972. Flood warnings kept flashing on the TV screens all evening. I worked until midnight that evening. We lived at the “dam house” at Angostura Dam. My husband, John, was the dam tender and ditch rider for the Angostura Irrigation District. He had left a note on the table letting me know that he had taken our two sons, Shawn and Ross, to a nearby neighbor’s and had to take care of some flooding issues with the Irrigation District. As soon as I got home, I started trying to call my parents home in Rapid City to see what was going on. By then, I only got a busy signal, as all the lines were down because of the flood. There were no cell phones at that time. When my husband, John, got home, he asked me what I was doing. I told him I was trying to call my parents because I wanted to know if they were okay. He assured me they were okay. He had helped with flooding when he had been in the National Guard, and felt they were okay in their location. He convinced me to come to bed. The next morning, we were awakened by a phone call from friends about the flood. They asked if we turned on our radio, or TV. We said we hadn’t. They said the first thing they heard was, “if you find a body, report it to such and such number”. They told us about how bad it was. We turned on our radio right away. Almost instantly, the announcer said my mother’s name and said she was okay, then he broke in with another announcement. By this time, I realized my dad, George Dewey, was out of town at a conference. I was so grateful to hear that my mother was okay. I had no idea where she was or what she had endured until later. Another neighbor of mine, June Wilkinson, called me right away and asked if I had heard that my mom was okay? She had heard the same announcement that I had heard. She knew my mother, and knew I would want to know this good news. As we listened to the news report, we were in disbelief. We could not imagine the magnitude of the damage and lives that were lost. We wanted to go to Rapid right away, but they were telling everyone not to come. They would be stopped at the city limits and, or arrested. So, we stayed by our radio and phone. To this day, I cannot remember when I actually heard from my mom, or got to see her. We were so blessed that she was spared that horrific night. The story that Mom told us that she had experienced that night was the following. Mom and Dad had purchased a mobile home from Green Star Mobile Home Sales which was located near the railroad tracks close to Baken Park right off Omaha Street. Green Star had a trailer lot for rent they decided to lease. The night of the flood, Mom had been bowling. Right after she got home, she heard the flood warnings and decided she should seek higher ground. Mom always had a plan of what she would take with her if she had to evacuate. So, based on her plan, she started loading her files, picture albums and a few other valuables into her car parked on the cement pad next to their trailer. It was raining so hard that her London Fog coat was soaked. So, she went back into the trailer to get a different coat. When she went to the door to get into the car, the wall of water hit. She was able to get the door of the trailer closed. At some point, the trailer washed away from the lot and was wedged against a power pole and some other trailers. By this time, it was dark. She remembered sitting on the kitchen cabinets. She said she knew she was going to die, but was not sure if it would be asphyxiation from gas, electrocution, or drowning. She remembered hearing people screaming, but in her mind she thought some kids were having a party near by. When morning came, no idea when this happened, but she said some rescuers knocked on her door and told her to come with them. She wanted to know where they were taking her. Wherever it was, she thought that would be worse than where she was. So, she did not want to go. Somehow, they convinced her to leave with them. To this day, we do not know who came to get her. We want to thank them for taking care of Mom. In the meantime, Dad had gotten word of the disaster. He made a beeline for Rapid City. Somehow he was able to get in and find Mom. The trailer, their car and pickup were demolished by the flood. Between insurance and government assistance, they were able to replace their vehicles and find a home. They lived in a home in Robbinsdale until they could purchase a home in Rapid Valley. They lived up high. Mom said she didn’t get flood insurance because if it ever flooded there, there would not be anyone to collect from. Mom and Dad were able to move on with their lives. However, Mom was always nervous when clouds looked threatening. She could not visit us at our home near Angostura Dam if it looked like it was going to rain. She did not receive any therapy following her experience, but in hindsight, it probably would have been in order. We will never forget what a disaster the flood was, and how we were blessed by the survival of Mom. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carla (Dewey) Johnson Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 10, 2012 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I had a one year old and a four day old. We lost everything including our home and our friends. But we did not perish like so many others. We left our home right before the flood hit. When my husband returned to "keep an eye" on our home, it was gone. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carol Martian Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 17, 2017 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/38396/archive/files/fe8cfbd7815e799b9b7ca4aef75f004d.pdf?Expires=1773878400&Signature=ldkN0UgZrwPX-WwbzY6u50VlY%7EukIJ0%7EW%7EVQjUTSASgs50r2ilHvu52i1ITaB7-VLXIcplvIko59FD8Je47NvpoMOlFMxWDBzP0-5EU1GTLUxqYkwoFRRfSULZ5K23PLAYRgmYwgYD4sPOGHpHMZhSCG2MRMgdLXXcMGDIFAkFsgpFxGhVrVqgRHphBY8om2zuxuisZgTlWqe9Bj47U-ViYX%7EzKswob%7EyWUQgpj2DW724ij-2rhh9K4BXBdUUappOk1rkKun5ILcAinkbpzKqBj048gFPJHBB3DNojYOV5CY9rBfKUYMeZs9u7aUAUcZf7VugkdbXJ9D%7EBVnNQnwUA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM b56d90acce5209eed3d790d9bb00bd0f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carol Sumner Description An account of the resource Written Memory Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Watching full grown cottonwood trees floating down the creek and a car. Creek was to top of bank but not over yet. An aunt showed up to make my mother leave house. She wasn't going to - finally left home with a dog and her puppies, myself and mother. Aunt lived on Taylor Ave. so we went there and stayed. We had been gone for about a half hour or less when my mother decided to go back to house to get a T.V. and some clothes. The water was already up to New York St. so she had to turn around and come back. Remember a night of lightning, thunder, and hearing people screaming for help and seeing fires burning on the water. We lost everything but what we had on our backs. But we were alive. When we were allowed to go back to see if the house was there - you had to walk in. The smell was one of death and sewer, gas smells. I was 13 years old. The house was totally gone. No pictures no anything. But the phone would ring when we would call the number. Guess it was under a ton of mud. Just glad no one ever answered it. (Humor) It rang for well over a year later. Must say it was odd. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caroline Jimenez Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 17, 2017 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I was 12 and my sister Mary Swanson was 11. We were babysitting when the water hit us. I lost my sister and the 2 babies I was watching that night. It's in my mind always. Tim helped my on the old Laundrymart until I went home with a fire fighter. I'd love to sit down and tell you what it was like as a child. I wanted to help my sister so bad but God wanted her home. The wall of water that hit us was like no other I have ever seen. My mother thought she had lost me but it was her. I'm the one who helped find my sister and got to see first hand all the lives that were lost. My mother was never the same. I'll never forget Rapid Creek that night. But it was a sad time for Rapid. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carrie Suthern Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 6, 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document My Flood Experience On the night of June 9th I was working at the Rehab hospital located on Mountain View. We knew it had been raining and one of the girls I worked with knew her home area was flooding so she was going to come home with me. We left at the end of our shift which was around 11:30 but as we got to the corner of Mountain View and Jackson Blvd. a police officer stopped us and told us we could not go home that way and to go back to the hospital and wait. I Thank the Lord for that officer or we would have driven right into the path of the flood. Instead we went back to the hospital and were standing by the door when a man jumped out of a car and ran inside and said there was a wall of water right behind him. We watched as the water picked up his car and washed it away. By then the water had started coming in the building and so we went back to the nurses desk and the nurse decided we needed to get patients to the second floor. She said we should use the elevator which I as a young 18 year old nurses aide questioned her on as I knew we shouldn't use it in a fire, but she thought it would be safe.So I got on the elevator with two wheelchair bound patients. About then the electricity went out and the elevator descended to the basement. The water was coming in under and from above the door so I wasn't sure how much water was in the basement, but I knew we would drown if we did not get out. So I prayed and as I did the suction on the door gave way and I was able to push the door open enough to see there was only about four feet of water in the hall. I tried opening the door to the stairs but because of the pressure gradient I couldn't open it. There was a food cart next to the elevator so I put both patients on top of the cart and proceeded to swim through the corridor to the outside door which was bent from the pressure of the water. I made my way up the steps and then into the back door of the hospital. There was water in the hall and the man who had come in earlier and one of the nurses were there. I told them we needed to get the patients out of the basement, they told me they were probably drowned but I told them they were up high and all we had to do was break down the inside door which is what we did. Both women were wet but alright. We got them settled and I went to use the pay phone in the lobby to call my mother to tell her I was alright but would not be home that night. About then a man came in the door of the hospital and said they had about 30 residents from the Mountain View nursing home at the gas station on the corner and could they bring them in. I told him yes and then told the head nurse we were getting 30 more patients. We spent the rest of the night settling these patients. The next morning I went home. There was a house in the hospital parking lot across the street and as I drove down Jackson Blvd. I had to go around all kinds of debris. I made it home safely, slept for awhile and then returned the next evening to work. The whole week seemed surreal and you took one day at a time. I know the Lord was with me that night or the door would never have opened and that police officer wouldn't have turned me around. I remember all the chaos of that night and always wondered about one man who had gone out into the water later to rescue someone from the parking lot of Bennett Clarkson Hospital. I don't know if he made it but I always hoped he had. There were many heroes that night and many who gave there lives for others. On this 40th anniversary I hope we can remember the courage and self sacrifice of the people who experienced that tragic night and let that courage inspire the generations to come. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cathy Deckert Knapp Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 12, 2012 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Report of Charles L. Childs Body Dispatch, Body Identification, Missing and Found Persons Early on Saturday morning, June l0th, I reported to the Disaster Headquarters and became part of a team of Military (Regular and National Guard) personnel for the purpose of rescue and body search. We requested two police officers, one jeep, and one weapons carrier. This, along with my personal wagoneer, then became the nucleus of the main body pick-up crew. We went into the houses, basements, and garages, after we were certain that all electricity was shut off, and we searched under bridges, in piles of debris, cars, ditches, and up in trees. The bodies that we found were mangled and most of them beyond recognition. We placed the bodies in the back of the weapons carrier and wagoneer and took them to Brehrens' Mortuary. The garage of the mortuary was lined with bodies and soon the bodies had to be taken to two other mortuaries. When they all became full, we used a State Highway building. It was difficult to keep track of where the bodies were picked up because so many different people were picking them up, and to help with identification, it was necessary to know the location of pick-up. The decision was then made that only one unit should be picking up the bodies, so an announcement was made for the radio that any person spotting a body should call the body pick-up dispatch number. We then dispatched the pick-up crew (which were split into two units) to that area. We used heavy equipment to help get the bodies out and used radio dispatch so both crews would not converge on the same area. After getting this set up, we turned the body pick-up unit over to the Sheriff's Office where they had good radio for expedience. After the first hectic days were over and the bodies were becoming harder to find, dogs were brought in to help sniff out the bodies and the crews were given gas masks and special metal boxes to place the decomposed bodies in. At the mortuaries, Mr. George Behrens had morticians from other areas helping. DCI and FBI personnel worked on the identification. The missing person section worked closely with the identification department by submitting information useful for identification on the missing person who was probably dead. As of Sunday morning, the 11th of June, 155 bodies had been embalmed and ready for viewing. Refrigerated trucks were used for storage until the bodies were identified. The mortuaries used doctors, nurses, ministers, psychologists, etc., to be with the next of kin when trying to identify their loved ones. This system is good when you realize the effects of walking into a mortuary with so many bodies lined up side by side for identification purposes. Early on Saturday morning, calls were coming in so fast about missing persons that the disaster headquarters started putting anyone on a phone that wanted to help. Names were being taken without addresses, identification, or even who was calling. A list of over 4,000 missing people was compiled on a computerized list. This list was mounted on a wall and people came streaming in to check for names. Names were then added or deleted. This area was located across from the Sheriff's Office and all the phones were tied up; this became mass· confusion. Monday morning I was asked to take this section over and to try to get the missing list down to a reasonable list. I moved the missing person section on Main Floor of the Court House where it would be easier for the people to come without cluttering up the hallway in the Sheriff's Department or tying up the phones. We ordered four phones on one number and had one phone for displaced persons. We set up four shifts of six hours each with seven people monitoring this section 24 hours a day. The phones were ringing constantly and calls were coming in from all over the world--one call came from New Zeland and the caller was inquiring about his daughter who lived in Rapid City. The girl that answered the phone was his daughter. I took a call from Australia concerning a boy that was some where in the United States and they wanted me to try to locate him. We put the missing list on the air for three nights after notifying the public by radio and TV that the list would be read. We used seven phones for the incoming calls while the list was being read. The phones rang constantly and the first night we took over 2,000 names off the list. By the third night we had reduced the list down to 600 names. We then used the phones to call the people who had called in a missing name, we wrote letters, used the Hot Lines for long distant calls, used the newspaper (both local and national), we checked all the license numbers of the wrecked cars from the flood and contacted the owners of these cars--several were out of state cars and we were told by the owners that they had left their cars and found other transportation to return to their homes. Another system we used was checking registers of the Lead Gold Mine and Mount Rushmore to see what tourists were in this area at that time. By making calls to the homes of those registered, we were able to determine if they could possibly be missing. As the list was reduced, the staff was reduced until there was only my daughter and myself working on the list in my own office. Several calls have been received up to this date in November, 1972, and I have been able to help them locate the person they were concerned about. I am convinced that we have only five missing people, who are probably dead, and so the final number is 237 dead and five missing. I would like to add here that I was extremely proud of my own family in the time of this disaster, as I had my wife, two daughters and one daughter-in-law working on the missing persons and body pick-up phones, one son and one son-in-law working on body pick-up and one son-in-law working on clean-up. My other daughter had to stay home to take care of my granddaughter. They all put in long hours, as did many other people in the community. If I were to be placed in this position again, I would not change the policy that we used. I would have the identification cards ready for use so when a call came in about a missing person, all possible information would be entered on the card. I would reduce the staff down to the same six hour shifts of four shifts for 24 hours a day, and I would use only personnel who could cope with the emotional strain. This would then provide a stable and well organized missing persons section. It would also make certain that there was only one missing persons section--the Red Cross started getting into this section and this makes only for confusion. I found that cooperation was necessary with all concerned and when this is done, the section can run very smoothly. CHARLES L. CHILDS County Probation Officer After this report was written – we got it down to 1 missing. After finding out where this person was missing from we placed the person on the dead list – 238 !! Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charles Childs Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 22, 2009 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document I am Chris Tscharner. Though I live in Severna Park, Maryland now, I lived the first 18 years of my life in Rapid City. I was 12 when the flood hit. We lived on Franklin Street in the West Blvd area, so we wern't affected directly. My brother and I had friends sleeping over that night. I recall the next morning my dad came into our rooms and said "Don't drink the water - The flood hit and contaminated the water supply". Our group of friends hiked up to the top of Skyline Drive and looked at the devastation from on top of Dinosaur Park. I remember seeing cars thrown about like they were toy cars. My dad, who owned Jack's Camera Shop on St. Joe for many years until his death in 1978 was friends with Dr. Crowder, who perished in the flood (see the Dana Kreber story below). I can also my dad having steady business restoring both movies and photographs which were damaged by the flood waters. (He perfected the process via on the job experience.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chris Tscharner Description An account of the resource Written Memory Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "My mother was trying to get information about her mother and we were witing for a phone call from my father's mother. We had already been told that she had died and then that she was living. When the call came, it was from a lady named Rose Paulsen, but she wasn't our Rose Paulsen. Ours didn't make it" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cyndy (Paulsen) Bradstream Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 9, 2011 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Firefighter with RCFD trying to convince people to leave their homes; Braeburn Addition, etc. Didn't believe us. With the fire truck that rescued Tom Hennies, and many more. Next day and many thereafter body recovery. Mind altering event! Found small child in flooded basement 500 block New York St. Handed up to people on ground level, turned out to be Mayor Barnett and Governor Dick Kneip. Ozzie Oshiem was firefighters savior as he made us stop and take time for ourselves during recovery period. I was the driver on the truck when the men crossed over the bridge to Chapel Valley area. Never saw them again. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dan Hodge Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource August 17, 2017 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document My name is Dana Kreber and I lived in Dark Canyon at the time of the flood. I was only seven years of age, but I remember. Our family was at the races that night when the rain started coming down. I remember coming home in a horrible downpour. As I watched out the back door the water in Rapid Creek kept getting higher and higher. Stumps and entire trees started to pass by as the creek started coming over the banks. I remember the family loading up in the car along with the cat and leaving the dog behind. Dad drove to high ground and we spent the entire night on a hill overlooking Dark Canyon. When My brother John and my sister Jeanne realized that the house could possibly wash away, they went to rescue the dog and get some dry clothes. On their way out, water started to carry them downstream with the Volkswagen so they jumped out. John had the dog in one arm and dragged Jeanne through the water with the other. They were very lucky to have made it out alive. The Crowder family just below us, wasn't so lucky. I think they lost the father and two sons. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dana Kreber Description An account of the resource Written Memory https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/38396/archive/files/0eec33982d99426c374bbab17b531fd1.pdf?Expires=1773878400&Signature=bQT3UI835nzVV8x3aeuOZG8PckA8IhbgXhsmGDG4Ft0Uv%7EgRFUFbZjcM8fZFREnEvtfA7QS8n15ZvRkQGR4JqonyQQ4e2XuSaGkW-jOUzCgHYdsgI6RFcSmMlsiDWTqW4nYGuNLM2vyjh9Kbp5vBhC2foBMyP6v2dYPSsZG9Y5UVIvlkowTFAEu%7EOKYQLiDXxnqzwr-eJOI3XM7CVglV6lUIXoOHXkBbZpyLVLIviY1TgV5zQaIDAifcgPfFNo6PtLe10zKXy9vEAKtWtdBfY6x9kSWidSbgZl%7Eb6QDJHwMxzeWrsHT25gk3ak5F2P5em-3CSD3Gn6MJ41lsDKzkOQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f2107e465900e54bf3553cfbfea28cf7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Frontier Filling Station - 1730 W. Omaha St. On the night of June 9th, 1972, I owned and operated a Husky Brand Cut Rate Filling Station and Used Car Lot at the above named address. I was affiliated with Hot Springs Refinery owned by Ted Bonde. He owned his own oil tanker trucks and purchased crude oil in Wyoming, refined it and distributed the gasoline and other products to stations like mine. At the time there were three of us Husky Stations in the Rapid City area, and the last know building is in Box Elder, with the blue and orange stripes. The refinery burnt under mysterious causes in the mid 80’s. I had approximately fifteen used cars, pick-ups and tractors on the lot, including a completely restored 1927 Model-T Ford Coupe. All were lost in the flood waters, and inside were many valuable antiques of museum quality such as two guns from Custer Battlefield. There were also artifacts such as precious stone and minerals. None of my cars or other vehicles had any insurance of any kind because they were too old to have book value. My brother Donald and I, along with others, spent many long days after the flood searching for any trace of some of the debris from my business but all we found was the trunk lid to the Model T, which is called the turtle deck. Also the clock which I believe was stuck at 11:38 pm.I still have the South Dakota title to the Model T along with pictures taken on the car lot prior to June 9th, 1972. Michael Dennis, son of Carol and Brenda Dennis who owned Trader’s Corner on Canyon Lake Drive, was trapped on my car lot and witnessed the Salvation Army Captain drown when the water overcame his vehicle. Also, the bartender from the Alibi Bar next door, spent the night in the rain on a large billboard that was on my land, until he managed to break out a second story window to gain access to the small green house just East of my car lot. His name was Liebig. Darrell Willey Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Darrell Willey Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 27, 2009 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Written Memories Subject The topic of the resource Each item in this collection is an individual's story or memory about the night of June 9, 1972 and the following recovery efforts. These memories have been collected by the Rapid City Public library at various memorial events and through online submission by community members. If you have a memory you would like to submit, please do so on the <a href="https://1972flood.omeka.net/contribution">Contribute an Item</a> page.<br /><br /><span>Below is a map of all the interviews and written memories we have conducted and gathered to help you visualize the impact of the 1972 Flood and explore stories.<br /></span><br /><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1KzeKQJ4R89Riq5B9FguZdJzj6c0&ll=44.0744389777805%2C-103.24796692260742&z=13"></iframe> Description An account of the resource Stories and memories of the flood submitted by community members and shared with Rapid City Public Library. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Flood June 9, 1972 by David Moore The cruel winds forced the heavily burdened clouds over the mountain tops, and howled as the bellies of their unwilling companions were ripped open spilling the precious moisture; moisture that had been destined for the parched and dying prairies. Moisture now dropped on the sides of the mountains already drunken, sodden with rain. Mountains that spilled and spewed their drink into the overfull trenchers that toppled hurling their loads into the canyons below. The waters now formed a merciless mob as rivers, streams and brooks rushed shoulder to shoulder in a manic race for the sleep-subdued, complacent city. Like the Bristle Cone Pine which must endure fire to reproduce, so the city, shocked awake, staggered and stumbled up out of the debris and began to rebuild, to renew, to refresh itself: to trade tragedy for triumph, devastation for design, ashes for beauty. The ageless, enduring beauty of natural things, things that enliven the spirit, quiet the Mind and strengthen the body. And the creek, which roared, ripped, and ravished, now meanders through the city, quietly murmuring its apology. David Moore 2997 Connie Court Rapid City SD 57703 Copyright 2003 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource David Moore Description An account of the resource Written Memory Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003