Mount Rushmore National Memorial History In 1925, a local historian, Doane Robinson, invited sculptor Gutzon Borglum to South Dakota to scout the Black Hills for a possible monument.

A bill introduced to Congress earlier this year called to put Trump on Mount Rushmore. The original sculptor said a fifth ...

Built to draw travelers The concept for Mount Rushmore was proposed by historian Doane Robinson in 1923 as a bold way to draw tourists to the state as more people bought their first motor cars and ...

Even back in 1936, lead sculptor Gutzon Borglum said the "stone limitations" of the site meant a fifth person couldn't be ...

U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, a Republican from South Dakota, also wrote a letter to Trump, saying the land near Mount Rushmore "would be a prime location for your vision." ...

Mount Rushmore has been untouched for nearly 80 years, but there is now an effort by some supporters of President Trump to ...