Monte Loos
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Dr. Charles Lindly
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Dr. Lindly shares his views as Superintendent of Schools at the time, and Chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board.
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August 25, 2008
Millie Laue
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Millie, her husband, sister and brother-in-law got stuck in the flood waters when their Jeep stalled. A student from South Dakota Mines and Technology got them in his station wagon. They then had to climb to the roof of the car and on to various roofs of floating homes until eventually the five of them spent the evening in an attic.
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June 9, 2012
Nancy Larson
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Nancy's grandmother lived in a small log cabin by Baken Park. The evening of the Flood she was evacuated by Nancy's brother-in-law, Joe. Her grandmother lost all of her belongings that evening and eventually relocated to Faith, South Dakota.
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April 4, 2012
Audrey Lang and Patricia Wright
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Audrey and Patricia were isolated by the flood in their home near the Cleghorn fish hatchery. They also discuss the flood's effect on Rapid City.
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July 23, 2006
David Lamb
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David spent the evening of June 9 at the Harney Peak Ranch in Rapid Valley.
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May 16, 2012
James Keuhn
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James Kuehn, Vice President and Editor of the Rapid City Journal at the time of the flood in 1972, tells his story of that night and the efforts of the Rapid City Journal for the weeks following the tragedy.
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October 8, 2010
Margaret Kovarik
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Margaret Kovarik, a retired nurse, shares her story of helping the DCI and managing incoming phone calls.
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October 15, 2010
Margaret King
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Margaret King discusses the devastation of the flood in the area near Meadowbrook Golf Course - including its impact on family, visitors & neighbors.
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June 11, 2006
Darol Johnson
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Darol's brother, Jamie Johnson, was visiting a friend below Canyon Lake the evening of the Flood. His family learned two days later that Jamie had died that evening. Darol who was 11 years old in 1972, moved with his mother, father and sister to San Diego, CA in November of 1972. The first time he came back to South Dakota was in 2012 for the 40th anniversary.
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July 30, 2012
Murman Jensen
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Murman Jensen talks about the role her husband, Lionel Jensen, played in the relief effort of the 1972 flood.
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October 2, 2009
William Hough
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William Hough tells his story of escaping the flood waters with his five year-old son and how the events of June 9 have stayed with his family.
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January 21, 2012
Pat Hoffman
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Pat Hoffman describes her experience living in Keystone at the time of the flood.
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November 5, 2010
Mabel Heinemann
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Mabel owned Dick's Drive-In, located on Canyon Lake Drive, near Canyon Lake Dam which failed during the flood.
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November 16, 2005
Kevin Hayes
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Kevin and his father helped others the evening of the Flood. Their family lost their two-story white home that evening. After numerous moves in various trailers they were finally able to settle again in a home in Rapid Valley where his mother still lives.
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June 8, 2012
Melissa Haugan
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Melissa was nine years old at the time of the flood and lived on Tepee Street.
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December 10, 2010
Kate Gordon
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June 15, 2006
Joan and Jack Getz
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Jack Getz was a Rapid City Journal reporter; he and Joan, his wife, lived within a block of Rapid Creek.
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March 5, 2006
Kim and Barb Gary
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The Flood overtook their rented cabin. Kim was swept downstream - he recounts his efforts to return to the cabin and his wife.
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August 6, 2006
Norma Jean Garcia
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Norma Jean, her Father, sister and brother lived behind Fischer Furniture in a mobile home park the evening of the Flood. They floated in their mobile home for four blocks before hitting a retaining wall followed by a vehicle crashing through the middle of the trailer. Norma Jean was one of 28 students at the time studying to be a nurse. She was immediately sent to the Air Force base where the students went to work helping victims of the Flood. Her friend Alvin Grass Rope danced this year in her honor at the Community Powwow recognizing the Flood of 1972.
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June 8, 2012