Rapid City in Pennington County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Memorial Fountain

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 21, 2026

1. Memorial Fountain Dedication Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated to the
238 people who lost their lives
in the June 9, 1972 Flood and
in tribute to the strength and
determination of the community

[Dedicated] June 9 1982

[Panel 1]
William Albers • William Dean Albright • Russell W Alcott • Susan Carol Allen • James C Atkins • Clara Atwater • Raymond Sebastian Back • James Howard Baldwin Sr • Mary Blanche Balsley • Daisy E Barber • Henry Andrew Bauch • Valerie Jean Bauch • Roland Eugene Baumberger • Henry Beberger • Elmer Leonard Bendert • Nellie Beatty Bishop • Wilbur G Bishop • Patricia Marlene Blomlie • Christel Blum Bostick • Matilda June Broderson • Albert Buchholz • Mary Helen Buchholz • Mary Collins Campbell • Cheryl McBride Caplinn • George Anthony Carter • Olive Pearl Chamberlain • Mary Frances Smoak Chase • Twyla Rae Chase • Joyce Christianson • Cecil Leroy Coker • Flora Napier Allen Coker • Gertrude Coldwell • Rufus M Coldwell • Rev Francis John Collins SJ • Myron Henry Corbin • Mary Bea Corner • Arla Estaline Corwin • Opal Estaline Corwin • Annette Rose Costello • Daniel Brent Crowder

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Matthew Lloyd Crowder • Richard Brent Crowder • Lance Arnold Cummings • Tammara Dee Cummings • Durwin John Davidson • Agnes Detwiler • Erma Luella Dick • Dr Lowell Henry Dieter • Patricia H Dieter • Gwendolyn Rae Dietzel • Thomas Patrick Doherty • Joni Rodriquez Ducheneaux • Harold Peter Elliott • Ena Ellison • Gary M Engelstad • Leilia J Erickson • Orville J Erickson • Robert Van Fairbank • Leon James Ferber • Noel Arthur Ferber • Sharon Lea Ferber • Margaret Fox • Raymond Fox • Alice Hazel Gall • Norvel Raymond Gall • Theophil Gall • Cathy Neal Gall • Lawrence Anthony Genovese • Martin Carl Genzler • Ruth Lonena Genzler • Jason Girton • Madeline Hazel Glover • Oliver Clarence Glover • Dale Clell Goodroad • Delores Grass • Mark Edward Greenlund • Antonie Hajek • Pearl Celeste Halff • Janice Elaine Hall

[Panel 3]
Ernest Edward Harris • Roger C Harris • Edwin Barkley Harry • Doris M Hausmann • Henry Hausmann • Donald E Hausmann • Edward Everett Healey • Sheila Marie Heaton • Harry Victor Henricksen • John Fletcher Heraty • Beatrice Judd

Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 1 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 21, 2026

2. Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 1

Hogan • Christopher John Hogan • Cloris M Hollis • Wilfred Hopkins • Lois Eilene Jackson • Donald F Johnson • Elmer Harold Johnson • Jamie Edward Johnson • William Marion Johnson • David Evan Jones • Walter Albert Juhnke • Grace Agnes Keiser • Leo Francis Kreber • Delores D Larvie • Julia Ann Larvie • Noreen Agnes Laughlin • Anna Regina Natwick Lodnell • Edwin Francis Lodnell • Edwin H Long • Daniel Richard MacArthur • Jeffry Ralph Magner • Norma E Magner • William Edgar Magner Sr • Leonard Magnotto • Lucy Magnotto • Jonathon Ward Masters • Stephen Ronald Masters • Timothy Wayne Masters • Harry D McPherson • Beatrice H McPherson

[Panel 4]
Otis W Matthew • G William Medley • Annette Mare Melby • Arlin Kilroy Mesteth • Margeret Ann Miller • Burton Harris Millett • Ida Moore • Fred Harold Morrow • Michael James Mortensen • Richard Lee Mundell • Mrs Mary Mellissa Napier • Gayle Lynn Nemeti • Michael T Neofer • Hanna New • Cora A Newsome • Billy Wayne Nobel • Arnold James Ozuna • Ronald Joseph Ozuna • Stanley Julian Ozuna • James Wesley Patrick • Rosa Kathyrn Paulsen • Marvin Eugene Pepper • Audrey Jane Petersen • Druscilla Ruth Petersen • Estel Merl Petersen • Freeman Franklin Phillips • Beth Marie Phipps • Carla Jo Phipps • Lonelle Rae Phipps • Forrest Edgar Picht • Mardell M Picht • Christine Ruth Quick Bear • Dennis Wayne Quilt • Ronald R Rathman • Brenda Lea Rawlins • Frances Arlene Rawlins • Lori Jean Rawlins • Julie Ann Rawlins • Edna E Reaves

[Panel 5]
Judy Leann Ringenberg • Tammie Jeanette Ringenberg • Neva L Rippe • Richard Gary Rippe • Mary A Robbins • Laura A Robinson • Tina Robinson • Elmer Henry Rohrs • Bernnie Neil Roose • Glenn Alan Root • William H Rough

Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 21, 2026

3. Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 2

• Mable Eleanore Ruhe • Cheryl Ann Runestad • Ruthella G Ruud • Bill Allen Sampsill • Marline Haveman Sampsill • Michael John Sampsill • Ralph Phillip Sampsill • Maxine S Savely • Mable Alta Schullian • Edna Alice Murphy Schuster • Jacob Herman Schweigman • Lucy La Roche Schweigman • Lillian E Scriver • Randy Lee Shacklett • Claudia Lease Simpson • Eldon Leroy Smith • Billie Claire Smith • Paula Jean Smith • Carl Eugene Smith • Gerald Wayne Smith • Jane Francis Smith • Nella Ferne Smith • Vinton Parman Smith • Elaine F Smolnikar • Wilfred Matthew Smolnikar • Louise May Sprague • Louis Star • Annette Star • Alberta Star • John J Stroup

[Panel 6]
Geraldine K Stuart • George Albert Sumners • Mary Louise Swanson • Roger Barner Tadlock • Henry W Tank • Flora Ellen Taylor • William Edwin Taylor • Shannon Vale Taylor • William Allen Nelson Taylor Jr • Richard M Tell • Jean Margorie Thomas • John C Thomas Sr • John C Thomas Jr • Lisa Hixson Thompson • Paul Thompson • Blake Evans Thornton • James Toutges • Brand Terry Towner • Jennifer Rose Traversie • Jeremy Paul Traversie • Margaret Lamont Turner • Nellie Two Bear • Helen Jean Vanderbeek • Mark Hollister Vanderbeek • Robert H Vanderbeek • Francis Glenn Vanleuven • Portia Faye Vanleuven • Rosemary Vogt • Anna Vucurevich • Herbert Michael Weisz • Evelyn White Bull • Herbert Loren Whiting • Phyllis Arlene Whiting • Daniel Delano Wickard • Lisa Marie Winsel • Rachel Rae Winsel • Tracy Allen Winsel • Charles J Young • Anton B Zieglmeier
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Designed and constructed by the
Student Chapter of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Erected by American Society of Civil Engineers Student

Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 3 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 21, 2026

4. Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 3

Chapter SD School of Mines and Technology and the City of Rapid City.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is June 9, 1972.

Location. 44° 5.181′ N, 103° 13.586′ W. Marker is in Rapid City, South Dakota, in Pennington County. Monument and fountain are in Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 600-684 Omaha Street, Rapid City SD 57701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West River

and in the Badlands.

It is also in the American Black Hills,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

on the prairies,

and on the Northern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Berlin Wall Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named The Berlin Wall Memorial (about 400 feet away); Celebrating Victory (about 400 feet away); Confrontation (about 400 feet away); A City Divided (about 400 feet away); Construction of the Wall (about 400 feet away); Tank Traps (about 400 feet away); The Cruel Border (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rapid City.

Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 4 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 21, 2026

5. Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 4

Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 5 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 21, 2026

6. Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 5

Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 6 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 21, 2026

7. Memorial Fountain Marker Panel 6

Memorial Fountain Design Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 21, 2026

8. Memorial Fountain Design Marker

Memorial Fountain and Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 21, 2026

9. Memorial Fountain and Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 8 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on October 17, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.