Construction on the George Washington portrait at Mount Rushmore, c. 1932. The construction of Mount Rushmore National Memorial began on October 4, 1927, and took 14 years to complete. The sculptor of the memorial was Gutzon Borglum, the son of Danish immigrants.

Oct 30, 2011 · Wrapped in its own controversy, the construction of the Crazy Horse Memorial, which eclipses Mount Rushmore in size, continues to this day.

Construction began in 1927 and the presidents' faces were completed between 1934 and 1939. After Gutzon Borglum died in March 1941, his son Lincoln took over as leader of the construction project.

Jan 26, 2023 · On October 31, 1941, Mount Rushmore National Memorial was declared a completed project. Gaining permission to carve a mountain, acquiring funding and managing varied personalities were all a part of the challenge in …

Mar 28, 2023 · Mount Rushmore is a project of colossal proportion, colossal ambition and colossal achievement. It involved the efforts of nearly 400 men and women. The duties involved varied greatly from the call boy to drillers to the blacksmith to the housekeepers.

Oct 3, 2022 · A look at the construction of Mount Rushmore, one of America’s most iconic monuments. On Oct. 4, 1927, construction on Mount Rushmore began in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota.

Construction on the George Washington portrait at Mount Rushmore, c. 1932. The construction of Mount Rushmore National Memorial began on October 4, 1927, and took 14 years to complete. The sculptor of the memorial was Gutzon Borglum, the son of Danish immigrants.

Jul 4, 2014 · T he Danish-American sculptor Gutzon Borglum began carving the heads of four presidents out of South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore in 1927, embarking on an ambitious project to build one of America’s...

Oct 4, 2019 · In the 1920s, despite the area's atrocious roads, a fair number of adventurous travelers were visiting South Dakota's Black Hills. But Doane Robinson, the official historian for the state, had an idea.

This September 1926 report by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum to the Harney Peak Memorial Association anticipates the construction of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota.