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Published June 25, 2011, 12:00 AM

GALLERY: Souris River flooding in Minot - June 25, 2011

Photos by Herald staff photographer Christian Randolph


A National Guardsman stands guard over an entrance to a flooded neighborhood in Minot, ND on June 25, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)

  • A National Guardsman stands guard over an entrance to a flooded neighborhood in Minot, ND on June 25, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A pump removes excess water from a backed up drain in a parking lot behind City Hall in Minot, ND on June 25, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A backhoe leads a group of miltary vehicles across a large span of flooded area east of Broadway Bridge to clear debris from and remove a pedestrian walking bridge that was slowing waterflow through the area and causing excess wear on the dike in Minot, ND on June 25, 2011. Some debris was removed and cables to pull the bridge were attached before a severe storm caused the operation to be called off. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A backhoe knocks over a powerline during an operation to remove debris and a pedestrian walking bridge that was slowing waterflow and causing excess wear on a dike just east of the Broadway bridge in Minot, ND on June 25, 2011. Some debris was removed and cables to pull the bridge were attached before a severe storm caused the operation to be called off(CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Minot residents stop to look and photograph the Souris river near its crest level off the Broadway bridge in Minot, ND on June 25, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A child's trike floats down the river in a flooded neighborhood in Minot, ND on June 25, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Patrons and workers volunteer to clear out local bar The Blue Rider in preparation for flooding from the overflowing Souris River in Minot on June 24, 2011. The Blue Rider opened in 1974 by current owners Becky and Walter Piehl and is located in Minot's oldest operating wood-frame building. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Co-owner of The Blue Rider Becky Piehl, 68, tries to decide what to do with the Fritz Scholder painting "The Blue Rider" that is painted directly on the wall of the bar in Minot on June 24, 2011. One individual suggested trying to cut the section of the wall out to save the painting that Piehl said was likely worth more than the building. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • All the walls at The Blue Rider are cleared of posters and artwork except for the 1995 painting "The Blue Rider" by the now deceased Fritz Scholder that was painted directly on the wall. Taken in Minot on June 24, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)