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The 1918 Spanish flu was a global disaster and affected a high percentage of the population, hence the term “pandemic.” Reports indicated that about a fifth of the world’s population contracted the Spanish flu over a two year period. Deaths world-wide ranging anywhere from 25 to 50 million people, estimates show that about 675,000 Americans died of the flu in 1918.
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1918 Spanish Flu in South Dakota
The 1918 Spanish flu was a global disaster and affected a high percentage of the population, hence the term “pandemic.” Reports indicated that about a fifth of the world’s population contracted the Spanish flu over a two year period. Deaths world-wide ranging anywhere from 25 to 50 million people, estimates show that about 675,000 Americans died of the flu in 1918.
South Dakota Map of Flu Deaths
Newspaper Articles
Governor Norbeck Ill; Has Influenza
The Sioux Falls Press, November 26, 1918
Open Air Funerals
Rapid City Daily Journal-October 9, 1918
Arrested for Spitting on Sidewalk
Rapid City Daily Journal, October 27, 1918
To Avoid Spanish Flu
Daily Huronite, October 23, 1918
Foley's Honey & Tar
The Sioux Falls Press, November 19, 1918
