Rapid City commemorates the 50 year anniversary of the 1972 Flood

Do you have a story or memory to share about the June 9, 1972 Flood?  Go to the "Tell Your Flood Story Here" tab.... To read other's stories go to "Classmate Flood Stories" and "Loss and Survival by Mike Faust" tabs.

Here are a few links that may be of interest as we recall the 50th anniversary of June 9, 1972 -- the day that changed Rapid City - and all of us - forever..... 

South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB)

SDPB interviewed survivors of the '72 flood and created a documentary called "Surviving the '72 Flood."  View the full documentary Online at SDPB.org/watch and on the PBS Video app. Here is the direct link:  https://youtu.be/N9M5RDybOdw

Note:  the preview of the documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G1m1s1WmM8 features '72 classmate Mike Faust telling his story -- he was with classmates Ed Healy, Randy Shacklett, and John Denges as well as Kay Liebig and Gayle Nemeti both from Class of '73 that night...for more on Mike's story go to:

 https://www.1972cobblers.com/Loss-and-Survival-by-Mike-Faust.htm

SDPB also did a series of interviews of survivors telling their stories of June 9. These interviews can be found wherever you listen to podcasts -- search "Surviving The '72 Flood"

Links to some of the podcast interviews and documentary also can be found here:

https://listen.sdpb.org/revisit-the-flood-50-years-later

For a historical re-cap of the flood, incredible pictures, and more:

https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/arts-and-culture/surviving-the-72-flood-may-we-never-forget/

Rapid City put together a website with a fascinating history of the flood (timeline, weather, aftermath recovery, etc.), and posted a schedule of commemorative events for the 50th anniversary. For the Rapid City 50th Flood & Greenway Commemoration page, click here:

https://rapidcityflood.com/

Rapid City Journal article on Commemorative Book:

https://rapidcityjournal.com/eedition/page-a7/page_250122b7-672e-51b1-9ce9-667877d3562b.html

Commemorative Book:

Seth Tupper who did the interviews for SDPB and Johnny Sundby, photographer, have published Surviving the '72 Flood: Eyewitness Accounts from one of the Nation's Deadliest Disasters -- a 50 year anniversary commemorative book currently distributed in Rapid City.  Books are $19.95 and can be found at Boy'ds Drug,  Found by the Weathered Vane, Journey Museum, Prairie Edge, BAM Books, Mt. Rushmore Society, Alex Johnson Mercantile, Mitzi's Books.  The book can be ordered online at https://www.sethtupper.com/