Announcer next, an American History tv exclusive. Ou cities tourr to rapid city, south dakota. For eight years now, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can watch more of our visits tour. Span. Org cities the cspan cities tour is on the road, exploring the american story. With support from our cable partners, this weekend we travel to rapid city, south dakota, featuring lifesize statues of each of our nations mr. President s. We experience this history of this city of 5000. We will take you into the Black Hills National Forest with a trip to Mount Rushmore national memorial, the states most visited tourist site. In 20 minutes, it is onto one of the most Sacred Places in the world for many native americans. And later, we will visit the Journey Museum to hear about the devastating flood that changed the look of rapid city. We begin with the history of Mount Rushmore. The heart of south dakotas black hills. There it is, the 6
Time. She started her own business as a wall street banker, she advocated for free love, which means sex outside of marriage. Eastern,at 6 30 p. M. An author discusses her book democracy and truth a short history. No one one person, institution, no one sector, king, priest, National Research body, one cast would get to call the shots. Explore our nations passed on American History tv. All weekend, every weekend on cspan3. The cspan cities tour is on the road exploring the american story. With support from our cable partners, this weekend we traveled to rapid city, south dakota, featuring lifesize statues of each of our nations past president s. For the next hour, we will experience the history of this city of 75,000. For a moment, we will take you into the Black Hills National Forest with a trip to Mount Rushmore National Memorial. And in about 20 minutes, it is on to bear butte, one of the most Sacred Places in the world for native americans. Later, we will visit the Journey Museum to
62, and all of this was housing, both trailer parks and homes built long before rapid city was even really wellknown as a hub of western south dakota. The Journey Museum and learning center, and the fine arts center, were both buildings that were built after the flood, to kind of allow rapid city to heal. That is the triumph that comes out of it. Andd city picked itself up, opens these beautiful buildings that allow for culture to thrive in an area that was decimated by a flood. At the end of the museum, we talk about the 1972 flood. The 1972 flood, what i am referring to is a tragedy that occurred in rapid city on june 9, 1972 into the morning of june 10. Flood was ack hills perfect storm of rain and dam failure, and it wiped out acres, hundreds of acres of rapid city. It took over 200 lives in the rapid cityd caused to actually become what it is today. We knew the storm was occurring. We saw it coming, thanks to the weather station at Ellsworth Air force base. But we were not sure ho
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