- Rapid City, founded in 1876 by gold prospectors John Brennan and Samuel Scott, is South Dakota’s second-largest city.
- Known as the City of Presidents, Rapid City features 43 life-size bronze presidential statues downtown near Mount Rushmore.
- Rapid City sits in the banana belt of South Dakota with warmer temperatures and more sunshine than many major U.S. cities.
- A devastating flash flood along Rapid Creek in 1972 killed more than 250 people and caused massive property damage.
- Dinosaur Park, built in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration, showcases concrete dinosaurs near real prehistoric track discoveries.
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