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  2. Harold Spitznagel - Wikipedia

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    Harold Theodore Spitznagel (December 7, 1896 – April 26, 1975) was an American architect from South Dakota.Spitznagel was best known for residential and institutional architecture, [2] [3] including the original Mount Rushmore visitor center.

  3. Mount Rushmore - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 December 2024. Mountain in South Dakota with sculptures of four U.S. presidents For the band, see Mount Rushmore (band). Mount Rushmore National Memorial Shrine of Democracy Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe Mount Rushmore features Gutzon Borglum's sculpted heads of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore ...

  4. Construction of Mount Rushmore - Wikipedia

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    Robinson asked architect and sculptor Gutzon Borglum to sculpt and design the monument. Borglum decided to use Mount Rushmore for the sculpture, since it seemed to be the easiest and most stable of the cliffs to work on. [1] Having decided on the location of the sculpture, Borglum decided to make the monument of four presidents of the United ...

  5. 30 of the Oldest Roadside Attractions in the U.S. You Can ...

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    Located basically in the middle of nowhere when it opened in 1931, Wall Drug soon became an iconic stop for travelers to Rapid City, Mount Rushmore, and the Badlands with its offer of "free ice ...

  6. Gutzon Borglum - Wikipedia

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    John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore.He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georgia, statues of Union General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C. and in Chicago, as well as a bust of Abraham Lincoln exhibited in the White House by ...

  7. Black Hills Central Railroad - Wikipedia

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    It reached Keystone on January 20, 1900 and was later used to haul equipment for carving nearby Mount Rushmore. [ 2 ] The Black Hills Central Railroad restores early twentieth century-era locomotives and train cars and has been featured on television shows such as the Gunsmoke episode "Snow Train", General Hospital and the TNT mini-series Into ...

  8. What all the iconic locations in 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New ...

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    I lived in NYC for three years and visited many of the spots featured in "Home Alone 2." Scenes from the 1992 movie look similar to NYC today. Some places, though, closed or never existed.

  9. Lincoln Borglum - Wikipedia

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    James Lincoln de la Mothe Borglum (April 9, 1912 – January 27, 1986) was an American sculptor, photographer, author and engineer; he was best known for overseeing the completion of the Mount Rushmore after the death of the project's leader, his father, Gutzon Borglum, in 1941. One of his best-known works, a bust of his father, is on display ...