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.

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.

2009年12月16日 · Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest, features four gigantic sculptures depicting the faces of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and ...

2025年1月29日 · Mount Rushmore National Memorial, colossal sculpture in the Black Hills of South Dakota, U.S. Huge representations of the heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, each about 60 feet (18 metres) tall, are carved in granite on the side of Mount Rushmore.

2011年10月30日 · But Doane Robinson, the official historian for the state, had an idea to lure more tourists to the pine-covered mountain range that rises from the plains, taking to its rather atrocious...

2023年1月26日 · Mount Rushmore was now placed under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service and was supervised by engineer Julian Spotts, who began to look for ways to improve efficiency and working conditions.

2023年1月18日 · Explore some of the people who helped Mount Rushmore National Memorial become a reality. Find out more about why these presidents were chosen and how the mountain was carved. Learn more about the ways the National Park Service preserves the sculpted faces on Mount Rushmore. Park information.

2020年7月1日 · Who conceived the idea for Mount Rushmore National Memorial? The idea to carve a national monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota came from Doane Robinson in 1923. A state historian, Robinson envisaged that a grand monument would boost the tourism sector in South Dakota.

2020年11月24日 · South Dakota State Historian Doane Robinson conceived the concept of Mount Rushmore in 1923, the idea being to create a monumental attraction in the Black Hills of South Dakota to attract tourists to the area. His original idea was of a large-scale sculpture of Indian leaders and key early American explorers who helped discover the frontier.

2024年8月9日 · Mount Rushmore, a mountain in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota, is a sculpture of four famous presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. It was carved into the granite rock over many decades and attracts around 3 million visitors yearly, according to the National Park Service.