Rapid City Public Library Podcast Series

The Flood of '72: Fifty Years Later, Bonus Content - Deb Kuehn

April 30, 2022 Rapid City Public Library Season 1 Episode 2
Rapid City Public Library Podcast Series
The Flood of '72: Fifty Years Later, Bonus Content - Deb Kuehn
Show Notes

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