Mount Rushtmore National Monument
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MOUNT RUSHTMORE NATIONAL MONUMENT
Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
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Main Location: Pennington County, South
Dakota, USA Nearest city: Keystone, South
DakotaNearest city: Keystone, South Dakota
Area: 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) Established: March 3, 1925 Established:
March 3, 1925 Visitors: 2,757,971 (in 2006) Governing body: National Park Service
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Main South Dakota
historian Doane Robinson : the idea of carving the likenesses of famous people into the Black Hills region of South Dakota in order to promote tourism in the region.
(later the Mount Rushmore was preferred to the Needles sites)
Doane Robinson(October 19, 1856 - 1946)
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Main
a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore
sculpted by Gutzon Borglum and later by his son Lincoln Borglum
Gutzon Borglum (March 25,1867-March 6, 1941 )
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Main features 60-foot
(18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (in order from left to right) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln
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Main George Washington
(February 22, 1732– December 14, 1799)
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)
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Main Theodore Roosevelt
(October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919)
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
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History 1927 – the construction
on the memorial began 1934 -1939 -the
presidents' faces were completed
October 15, 1966 - Mount Rushmore was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
1991 - President George H. W. Bush officially dedicated Mount Rushmore
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Tourism .Tourism is South In 2004, over two million visitors traveled
to the memorial.[4]
the final concerts of Rushmore Music Camp the week of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Rushtmore entrance
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Tourism Mount Rushtmore National Memorial ,
near Keystone , South Dakota