Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A3-26-62
President John F. Kennedy inspects the power plant of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir during the dam's dedication ceremony, on the banks of the Missouri River, near Pierre, South Dakota. Also pictured: Governor of South Dakota, Archie M. Gubbrud; White House Secret Service agent, Walt Coughlin; Missouri River Division Engineer, Brigadier General Robert F. Seedlock; Chief of Army Engineers, Lieutenant General Walter K. Wilson, Jr.; U.S. Senatorial candidate from South Dakota, George McGovern; Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall.