The Traveling Tinkers - Mount Rushmore

 It is a national icon, a massive sculpture, and the enduring image of South Dakota. The monument was carved into the granite face of a mountain in the Black Hills by a master sculptor Gutzon Borglum, his son Lincoln Borglum, and their team of brave, dedicated workers.   

Work was launched in 1927 and continued until October 1941. Gutzon Borglum did not live to see it completed, nor did his vision of the four presidents depicted from head to waist come to fruition. Borglum did succeed in creating perhaps the most famous sculpture in American history.

The monument is dominated by the largest face, and the only one with parts of his chest and shoulders shows, George Washington (1732-1799), and next to him his fellow Virginian, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), with Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), who explored the Black Hills and loved the area, tucked in the middle. At the right edge is Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).  The memorial park covers about 1,278 acres. Over time, there has been talk of adding faces to Mt. Rushmore, perhaps Susan B. Anthony, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, but officials insist no more faces will be placed on it due to instability of the mountain.  










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