Mt. Rushmore - Facts
It took 14 years to complete Mount Rushmore.
No one died while building Mount Rushmore.
The sculpture cost $989,992.32 to build.
There is a cave behind the carving called the "Hall of Records." It was intended to house the story of Mount Rushmore but was never completed due to lack of funding.
George Washington's face is 60 feet long.
90% of the heads were carved with dynamite
You can visit the Avenue of Flags at Mount Rushmore representing the 50 states, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Gutzon Borglum studied in Paris and became friends with Auguste Rodin who heavily influenced the young artist.
Borglum was the first American sculptor to have his work purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
While Borglum had begun the sculpture on Stone Mountain, Georgia, he never finished it. He left on bad terms, and his work was cleared away from the mountain face. Another sculptor, Augustus Lukeman, was called in to finish the work.
Borglum was a member of the Freemasons and possibly a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Borglum was often away during the sculpting of Mount Rushmore. While it was being completed, he also made a sculpture of Thomas Paine for Paris and Woodrow Wilson for Poland. His son supervised the work on the mountain during his absence
No one died while building Mount Rushmore.
The sculpture cost $989,992.32 to build.
There is a cave behind the carving called the "Hall of Records." It was intended to house the story of Mount Rushmore but was never completed due to lack of funding.
George Washington's face is 60 feet long.
90% of the heads were carved with dynamite
You can visit the Avenue of Flags at Mount Rushmore representing the 50 states, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Gutzon Borglum studied in Paris and became friends with Auguste Rodin who heavily influenced the young artist.
Borglum was the first American sculptor to have his work purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
While Borglum had begun the sculpture on Stone Mountain, Georgia, he never finished it. He left on bad terms, and his work was cleared away from the mountain face. Another sculptor, Augustus Lukeman, was called in to finish the work.
Borglum was a member of the Freemasons and possibly a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Borglum was often away during the sculpting of Mount Rushmore. While it was being completed, he also made a sculpture of Thomas Paine for Paris and Woodrow Wilson for Poland. His son supervised the work on the mountain during his absence