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Mayor Barnett’s role in Rapid City flood recovery
RAPID CITY, SD (KELO) — Former Rapid City mayor Don Barnett is being praised for his leadership during the worst natural ...
Don Barnett, who died Monday at age 83, was the 29-year-old mayor of Rapid City when it was struck by a flood that killed 238 ...
The former mayor is best known for guiding Rapid through its recovery during arguably its darkest moment, the 1972 Flood.
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Former Rapid City mayor Don Barnett dies
SIOUIX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — Former Rapid City Mayor Don Barnett has died. Mayor Barnett served as mayor from 1971 to 1975. At ...
"When I heard the news the other day that Barnett had died at age 83, the first image that came to my mind was that encounter ...
Word of the death of former Mayor Don Barnett reached City Hall mid-day Thursday. Mayor Jason Salamun expresses his ...
The recent Guadalupe floods in Texas brought back horrible memories of the June 1972 Rapid City, South Dakota, flood, which took the lives of 238 people. I am incensed that news organizations did not ...
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These Are the 5 Most Devastating Floods to Sweep Through the U.S. in the Last 100 Years
This 1972 weather event is the biggest flood to hit the U.S. in the last 100 years. In the eastern Black Hills of South Dakota near Rapid City, a stationary group of thunderstorms began around 5 p.m.
Barnett served as mayor from 1971 to 1975 and was just 28 years old when he was elected, making him the youngest mayor in ...
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