• The Black Hills Flood of 1972, also known as the Rapid City Flood, was the most detrimental flood in South Dakota history, and one of the deadliest floods...
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    Keystone, South Dakota (category Black Hills)
    just beyond the town limits. Keystone was heavily damaged in the 1972 Black Hills flood. The town took its name from a local mine, which most likely was...
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    second deadliest flash flood in the United States, behind the 1889 Johnstown Flood and ahead of the 1972 Black Hills Flood. The flood caused over $600,000...
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    the 1972 Black Hills flood, which caused extensive damage to the park and surrounding community. Most of the play areas washed away in the flood, since...
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  • record for western South Dakota, covering major events like the 1972 Black Hills flood, the annual Buffalo Roundup and auction in Custer State Park, Crazy...
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    Rapid City, South Dakota. The Monument is the main event center for the Black Hills Region, serving Western South Dakota, South West North Dakota, North...
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    Rapid City, South Dakota (category Black Hills)
    2007). "The Black Hills: A Case of Dishonest Dealings". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 26, 2007. "The 1972 Black Hills-Rapid City Flood Revisited"...
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  • organizations, including Dakota Choral Union, Black Hills Dance Theater, Black Hills Community Theater, and Bells Of The Hills. The BHSO is currently conducted by...
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    1994, 11 people were killed by tornadoes in the state, and the 1972 Black Hills flood tore through central Rapid City, killing 238 people and causing...
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  • lives lost, in the 1972 Black Hills Flood, and in many places abandoned bridge abutments and other features created by the flood can still be seen today...
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    Newspapers.com. "Rapid City Turns Out to View New Library Gift of Carnegie". Black Hills Weekly Journal. Vol. 39, no. 9. Rapid City, South Dakota. March 3, 1916...
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    Rapid Culture Black Hills Symphony Orchestra SoDak Con History Pap Madison Cabin Rapid City Historic Commercial District 1972 Black Hills flood Government...
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    Rapid Creek (South Dakota) (category Black Hills)
    most noted for the Black Hills flood of 1972, in which 238 people perished in Rapid City and in the Black Hills. Since the flood, a flood plain has been established...
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  • Jason Rent as general manager. Rent resigned from the organization, and Tim Hill was named general manager in the spring of 2009. In September 2007, the Rush...
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    and the Black Hills area. Included in this collection are oral histories, television broadcasts and photographs of the 1972 Black Hills Flood, rare books...
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    0 km) away by driving distance) and is the main gateway airport to the Black Hills. The airport covers 1,655 acres (6.70 km2) at an elevation of 3,203 feet...
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  • by Black Hills Astronomical Society. Located in the northwest of Rapid City, South Dakota (USA), the observatory sits on the edge of the Black Hills National...
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  • the third indoor football team to be based in Rapid City following the Black Hills Red Dogs (2000–2005) and the Rapid City Flying Aces (2006). On April...
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    continued operations over the full length of the branch until the 1972 Black Hills flood destroyed the last three miles of track into Keystone. Burlington...
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    center of Rapid City, on the northern slope of small foothills of the Black Hills. The APEX Gallery is located in Classroom Building 211, and hosts a new...
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  • the NAIA to the NCAA in July 2013. South Dakota Mines' chief rival is Black Hills State University, located less than 50 miles away in Spearfish, South...
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    vernacular features. As white American settlers moved west into the Black Hills in the 1870s, entrepreneurs began looking to build settlements that would...
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  • higher education in the Black Hills and the broader interest for classic liberal-arts education in America. In 2004, the Black Hills Bible Institute was founded...
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  • Rapid Culture Black Hills Symphony Orchestra SoDak Con History Pap Madison Cabin Rapid City Historic Commercial District 1972 Black Hills flood Government...
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  • students. The school is situated in the foothills of South Dakota's Black Hills on the city's western outskirts. The school colors are blue and silver...
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    Bear Country USA (category 1972 establishments in South Dakota)
    a drive-through wildlife park and zoo in the Black Hills near Rapid City, South Dakota. Founded in 1972, the park is noted for its bears, but also hosts...
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    the story of the 1972 Black Hills flood, which occurred in the late hours of June 9, 1972. The flood, also known as the Rapid City Flood, was a key event...
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    intense summer thunderstorms such as the one which produced the 1972 Black Hills flood through Rapid City, South Dakota. Winter temperatures in the northern...
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    California Disasters, 1812-1899: Firsthand Accounts of Fires, Shipwrecks, Floods, Epidemics, Earthquakes and Other California Tragedies. Quill Driver Books...
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    Rapid Culture Black Hills Symphony Orchestra SoDak Con History Pap Madison Cabin Rapid City Historic Commercial District 1972 Black Hills flood Government...
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