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The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse , riding a horse and pointing to his tribal land.
Korczak Ziolkowski died on October 20, 1982, 34 years after beginning work on the Crazy Horse Memorial. He was buried at the base of Thunderhead Mountain where his sculpture was created. [2] Ruth sought to keep on the project on task in collaboration with her children and the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation. [2]
Parts of the byway enter Black Hills National Forest, Custer State Park, and the Mount Rushmore National Memorial; the byway also travels within five miles (eight point zero kilometres) of the Crazy Horse Memorial. The byway is named after Peter Norbeck, who served as governor of and senator for South Dakota.
Crazy Horse Memorial Highway is the name given to two highways named in honor of Crazy Horse (circa 1850–1877), a Lakota war leader: A portion of U.S. Route 16 / U.S. Route 385 in South Dakota A portion of U.S. Route 20 in Nebraska
South Dakota Highway 87 (SD 87) is a 37.894-mile-long (60.984 km) state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota.It travels through the Black Hills region.
After his death, his widow, Ruth Ziolkowski, took over the project as director of the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation. [7] Ruth Ziolkowski died May 21, 2014, aged 87. [2] [8] All ten of their children and two of their grandchildren have continued the carving of the monument or are active in the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation. [9]
Construction on the Crazy Horse Memorial began in 1940 elsewhere in the Black Hills. Ostensibly to commemorate the Native American leader and as a response to Mount Rushmore, if completed it would be larger than Mount Rushmore. The Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation has rejected offers of federal funds.
The Spirit of Crazy Horse (work in progress), by Korczak Ziolkowski, Crazy Horse Memorial, Thunderhead Mountain, begun 1948. Approximately 563 feet (172 m) tall and 641 feet (195 m) wide. Approximately 563 feet (172 m) tall and 641 feet (195 m) wide.