Vern Bauer
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Vern Bauer was on duty as a patrolman with the Rapid City Police Department the night of the flood. His assignment was the west side of Rapid City.
Rapid City Public Library
December 10, 2010
Hiland Aughenbaugh
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Hiland recounts his flood experiences as groundskeeper for the Sioux San hospital.
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Gary and Linda Anderson
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Linda and Gary Anderson evacuated from trailer home that later floated away. Discuss aftermath of flood, including looting that took place.
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Deb Kuehn
Deborah Kuehn had finished work and was home at her parents’ the night of June 9, 1972. Her mother, Yvonne was working at Bennett-Clarkson hospital that night, and her father, Jim, was vice president and co-editor of the Rapid City Journal, and was keeping tabs on the situation. The family lived on Selkirk, just a few blocks from Jackson Blvd, and took in many people displaced by the flood.
Deb Kuehn moved back to Rapid City in 1988. She has worked as a certified nurse practitioner at Monument’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and at Black Hills Pediatrics. Deb’s hobbies include her cats, gardening, sewing and quilting, and rummaging.
Rapid City Public Library
April 2022
Sam Bice
Seventeen year old Sam Bice lived with his family--and delivered the newspaper--in the Braeburn addition in 1972. He talks about what happened the night of the flood, the heavy death toll among his neighbors, and the odds things he found in the days following catastrophe.
Sam Bice was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota and moved to Rapid City in 1960 where he has resided since. He joined the family business where he was a water well and foundation contractor until his retirement.
Rapid City Public Library
April 2022
Ronald Kuecker
Ronald Kuecker's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 8, 2022
Tom Raba
Tom Raba's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 8, 2022
Philip Wendling
Philip Wendling's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 8, 2022
Barb Mechaley Wicks
Barb Mechaley Wicks' recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 8, 2022
Craig Smith
Craig Smith's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 8, 2022
DelRita Schouten
DelRita Schouten's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 8, 2022
Mike Stroup
Mike Stroup's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 8, 2022
Bruce Bradfield
Bruce Bradfield's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 9, 2022
Kurt Lentz
Kurt Lentz's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 9, 2022
Jerry Muldoon
Jerry Muldoon's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 9, 2022
Derek Leonard
Derek Leonard's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 9, 2022
Jay Harris
Jay Harris' recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 9, 2022
Cathy Kjer
Cathy Kjer's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 9, 2022
Bruce McKirdy
Bruce McKirdy's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 9, 2022
Bill Hauser
Bill Hauser's recollection of the 1972 flood. Recorded during the 50th Anniversary event at Rapid City Public Library.
Rapid City Public Library
June 9, 2022