Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore is a famous mountain and memorial near Keystone, South Dakota in the United States. It has the heads of four of America's presidents carved on it: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.[1] The Mount Rushmore Memorial is a part of the United States Presidential Memorial, which covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2)[2] and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level (altitude).[3]
History[change | change source]
Before the memorial was carved, the native Lakota Indian Tribes called the mountain "Six Grandfathers". Later, the mountain was named after Charles E. Rushmore, a well-known lawyer, after an expedition in 1885.[source?] The memorial was carved to help increase tourism in the Black Hills, where the mountain was. Doane Robinson first formed the idea in 1923.[4] Robinson convinced many influential people in the United States government to build the memorial. Congress soon allowed construction to begin.
After gaining Congress's approval, Gutzon Borglum, a famous American sculptor, was hired to begin the project.[5]
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- ↑ Mount Rushmore Info, JnM Design, 2009, http://www.mountrushmoreinfo.com, retrieved 30 January, 2010
- ↑ McGeveran, William A. Jr.; et al. (2004), The Word Almanac and Book of Facts 2004, World Almanac Education Group, Inc., ISBN 88687-910-8.
- ↑ Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, Peakbagger.com., 2004, http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6234, retrieved 13 March, 2006
- ↑ Carving History, Mount Rushmore National Park - Park History, 2004, http://www.nps.gov/archive/moru/park_history/carving_hist/carving_history.htm, retrieved 30 January, 2010
- ↑ Oak, Manali (2008), Mount Rushmore History, Buzzle.com, http://www.buzzle.com/articles/mt-rushmore-history.html, retrieved 30 January, 2010
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