The old Rapid City High School

South Dakota · United States · School

On Saint Patrick's Day at the end of the sixties, the cheerleading squad and their coaches were killed in a crash coming home. The heater room is where.

The building at Rapid City, South Dakota later became a junior high, and the account attached to its heater room concerns a crash.

The version most often given is that on Saint Patrick's Day, in 1968 or 1969, the cheerleading squad and their coaches were killed in an aircraft accident at the regional airport, returning home.

Earlier tellings had it as the football coach and team, which is a good illustration of how details shift even around a real event within living memory.

A whole squad of teenagers and their staff lost at once is the kind of thing a town does not recover from quickly. Everyone in a school that size would have known someone on that aircraft.

No names are repeated here. The families are in Rapid City and the crash is within the memory of people still living there.

The building continued in use as a school.

FAQ

Where is The old Rapid City High School located?

The old Rapid City High School is in South Dakota, United States.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.