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.

Bio: 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.

Recorded March 2022, Interviewer: Adrian Ludens

Lyndal and Sally Nelson's experience on Cambell Street adjacent to Rapid Creek, Carol Engel's experience on St. Joe near MDU, and Steve Swanson's experience near Baken Park, and later, near Star Village during the disastrous flood of June 9-10, 1972.

Narration by Katherine Marmer, Krista Licht, and Lucille O'Grady.


Music by Scott Buckley "What We Don't Say", Alec Koff "The Dark Night", Argsound "Tense Cinematic Instrumental Ambient Music",  Lesfm "Happy at Home",  Joey Pecoraro "Jazz Apricot", Aerohead "Fragments", Luke Hall "Dystopia", Hyde "Acoustic Folk Instrumental", RYYZN "Waited", Scott Buckley "Hiraeth", Onycs "Eden", Nettson "Remember" and Nomyn "Fragments". Creative Commons royalty free music (YouTube).

This is the account of Michael E. Dennis, who was caught in the flood on Omaha Street. He and others survived the night by reaching and climbing onto the roof of the only house in the neighborhood that withstood the rushing waters.

Narration by Courtney Ludwig
Account read by Adrian Ludens

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