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A view from the roof of the historic Hotel Alex Johnston of downtown Rapid City, the principal metropolis in far-western South Dakota, within that state's portion of the Black Hills range

Rapid City, South Dakota · 1850–1939

A view from the roof of the historic Hotel Alex Johnston of downtown Rapid City, the principal metropolis in far-western South Dakota, within that state's portion of the Black Hills range, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1850–1939
A view from the roof of the historic Hotel Alex Johnston of downtown Rapid City, the principal metropolis in far-western South Dakota, within that state's portion of the Black Hills range, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1850–1939. Hotels — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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