August: Borglum arrives in South Dakota and declares that he will carve a mountain, not the Needles. He decides on Mount Rushmore as the best site. Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt are to ...

Complete guide to Mount ... South Dakota in 1924 and surveyed the area for a perfect location. He felt that Needles was too ...

Each year, two million visitors walk or roll from the entrance of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, in South Dakota, to the Avenue of Flags, to peer up at the 60-foot visages of George Washington ...

Conceived as a way to draw tourism to South Dakota, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial has ... wanted the monument to be carved out of the Needles, a series of granite pillars.

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story ... (Some of the area in which Rushmore stands was eventually purchased by the state of South Dakota and developed as Custer State Park; the rest was ...

Planning a camping trip to the Black Hills that includes a visit to the famous Mount Rushmore monument in South Dakota ... Sylvan Lake, Needles Highway, Badlands National Park, Custer State ...

This colossal sculpture showcases the iconic faces of four former U.S. presidents intricately carved into a mountain in South Dakota's Black Hills ... Read more about Parks Group Supports Protecting ...