HISTORY4 - Mount Rushmore Rocks!
Pat and I are signed up for a tour in September that includes Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and Mount Rushmore National Memorial. I’ve never been to Mount Rushmore before, so ahead of the trip, I wanted to know more about Mount Rushmore’s history - hence this article as a “learning tool.” I will write about the tour - complete with our best photos - after the trip. Mount Rushmore is a U.S. National Memorial located in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It features spectacular 60-foot sculptures of the heads of four prominent U.S presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. Construction began in 1927 and lasted until 1941. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum designed and oversaw the project. Before and after views of the Mount Rushmore carvings. The Idea In 1923 South Dakota State Historian Doane Robinson suggested carving the likenesses of famous people into the Black Hills region of Sou...