Building Mount Rushmore

Building Mount Rushmore book cover — Cavendish Square New York Engineering North America’s Landmarks Building Mount Rushmore Alicia Z Klepeis

Building Mount Rushmore — page 1 — The Confederate Memorial Carving is on Stone Mountain near Atlanta Georgia

Building Mount Rushmore — page 2 — Chapter One An Idea Comes to Life The year was 1923 South Dakota had been a state for thirty-four years Beautiful South Dakota did not draw many visitors Why not In the 1920s getting to South Dakota was hard There were no highways There were no airports Doane Robinson was the state historian He had a vision Robinson heard about the work of Gutzon Borglum Borglum was a sculptor In 1923 he was creating a sculpture of Robert E Lee in An Idea Comes to Life 5

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