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Mount Rushmore
page 2
Mount
Rushmore
tips &
insights
Best
viewpoints
Besides observing the figures from a distance at the popular Grandview Terrace, you can hike up the Presidents' Trail for a closer view.
Major
players
Guston
Borglum
Belgian sculptor Guston Borglum conceived the project. Sometimes his temperamental ego
hindered the undertaking, but he also provided the driving creative force that
made the difficult mission possible.
Ziolkowski
Guston Borglum fired an assistant named Ziolkowski, who went on to begin chiseling a gigantic
monument of the Sioux warrior Crazy Horse out of a nearby mountain (it is still
in the works).
Project
history in
brief
The task spanned 14 years.
1927 – Work begins
1934 – First bust finished.
1939 – Last one dedicated.
1941 – Borglum passes away.
1941 – Son finishes project
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