South Dakota hall-of-fame photographer Bill Groethe dies
Tanya Manus Journal staff South Dakota Hall of Fame photographer Bill Groethe is being remembered by colleagues and his family as a man passionate about capturing the beauty and history of South Dakota and who passed along his love of photography to as many people as he could. Groethe died Dec. 20 at age 97. The lifelong Rapid City resident is best known for his exclusive photos of the last reunion of nine Oglala Sioux survivors and descendants of the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn and for documenting the carving of Mount Rushmore. Groethe photographed many local and national polit...
Source: rapidcityjournal.com