Why was Mt. Rushmore built, and how was it built?

Gutzon Borglum observes two workers carving Jefferson's eye on Mount Rushmore. ... During the 14 years of construction not one fatality occurred. ... at Mount Rushmore were doing more than operating a jackhammer, they were doing more than earning $8. read more

Mount Rushmore is a project of colossal proportion, colossal ambition and colossal achievement. It involved the efforts of nearly 400 men and women. The duties involved varied greatly from the call boy to drillers to the blacksmith to the housekeepers. read more

First, to attract tourists to the Black Hills of South Dakota and second, to build a memorial depicting the ideals of the United States that make this a great country. read more

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore, a batholith in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum. read more