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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 in U.S. history. The flood took place on June 9–10, 1972 [ 1 ] in the Black Hills of Western South Dakota. 15 inches (380 mm) of rain in a small area over the Black Hills caused Rapid Creek ...
Deadwood (Lakota: Owáyasuta; [8] [failed verification] "To approve or confirm things") is a city that serves as county seat of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. It was named by early settlers after the dead trees found in its gulch . [ 9 ]
Memorial to George Lathrop and the stage route at the rest area in Lusk. The Rawhide Buttes Stage Station, the Running Water Stage Station and the Cheyenne–Black Hills Stage Route comprise a historic district that commemorates the stage coach route between Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Deadwood, South Dakota.
Deadwood, South Dakota The discovery of a gold-filled creek in the 1870s was all it took to transform Deadwood from a small camp to a booming town that hosted the likes of Calamity Jane and Wild ...
That's what South Dakota's legislative body did in 2012: After the 2011 flood washed over the eastern half of the state, and a wave of the invasive mountain pine beetle desiccated the Black Hills ...
The flooding first impacted eastern South Dakota communities in mid-June and officially lasted until July 8. The National Weather Service called the rains that induced the flooding "a 1,000-year ...
Rapid Creek is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately 86 mi (138 km) long, in South Dakota in the United States. [1] The creek's name comes from the Sioux Indians of the area, for the many rapids in the stream.
While panning on May 27, 1929, Potato Creek Johnny uncovered a 7.346 ozt (228.5 g) gold nugget, one of the largest ever discovered in the Black Hills. [5] In 1934, local businessman W.E. Adams bought the nugget from Johnny for $250 ($5,694 in 2023) and put it on display in the Adams Museum. [5]