Credit: AP FILE - Mount Rushmore at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Sept. 21, 2023, in, Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) Author: HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press ...

FILE -Visitors take in the massive sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in, Keystone, S.D. Fewer planes and helicopters will be ...

Nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Rapid City is a scenic urban getaway that hasn’t lost its small-town vibe.

On This Day: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Gutzon Borglum began construction on a monument near Keystone, South Dakota on October 4, 1927 and the project was completed in October 1941.

October 1, 1925 – Mount Rushmore is dedicated as a national monument. October 4, 1927 – Work begins on the monument. About four hundred workers sculpt the monument using dynamite and drills.

Ben Black Elk was a staple at Mount Rushmore National Memorial during the 1950s and ’60s, posing for photos with tourists intrigued by his single-feather headdress and stories of his Lakota people.

Here's some background information about the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, composed of sculptures of the faces of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and ...