June 6: The Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission is created. Rapid City mayor John Boland is named president of the Commission's executive committee. Workers carving the Jefferson head ...

Today the first question out of many visitors’ mouths is not why, or even how, Mount Rushmore was carved, but can they ... “You could hardly see that before.” About ten minutes later ...

Each year, two million visitors walk or roll from the entrance of Mount Rushmore National ... Borglum the expertise to tackle Rushmore, and he began carving in 1927 at age 60.

This colossal sculpture showcases the iconic faces of four former U.S. presidents intricately carved into a mountain in South ... Read more about Parks Group Supports Protecting Mount Rushmore From ...