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Spotlight on Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a mountain sculpture created by Gutzon Borglum over a period of 14 years (1927 to 1941) // Foco en el Monumento Nacional Monte Rushmore, una escultura de montaña creada por Gutzon Borglum durante un período de 14 años (1927 to 1941)
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Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore – ABC News
Park Service opposes Mount Rushmore Protection Act, calling it ‘unnecessary’
Trump’s fraught ties with Native Americans surface at Mount Rushmore
Biography of a M0untain
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75th anniversary
https://www.mountrushmoresociety.com/125/75th-anniversary-landing.htm
http://time.com/4508007/mount-rushmore-anniversary-photos/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a23605/75-years-mount-rushmore/
http://www.history.com/news/mount-rushmores-secret-chamber
https://www.mtrushmorenationalmemorial.com
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/work-begins-on-mount-rushmore-sculptures-oct-4-1927-228974
Best Hiking-Trail in the Mount Rushmore National Park
http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/escapes/go-list/Mount-Rushmore-by-the-Numbers.html
Recommended Listening
Mount Rushmore’s troubled history – This year marks 100 years since Mount Rushmore was dedicated as a national monument. The stone butte carved with the faces of four presidents has become a patriotic symbol. But the federal government’s broken treaties to take over the land is only the beginning of the famous monument’s troubled history. We’ll hear about Rushmore’s connection to the Confederate South and the ongoing insult of honoring leaders who contributed to efforts to eliminate the sacred land’s original inhabitants.
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Sitting on Top of Teddy Roosevelt’s Head- John Lame Deer on Mount Rushmore
Stray Notes
- Tourism is the second-largest income generator in South Dakota, and Mount Rushmore is the state’s top visitor attraction.
- State nickname: The state nickname became official in 1992. Before that South Dakota was known as the “Sunshine State”, the “Coyote State”, the “Artesian State”, the “Blizzard State”, “The Land of Plenty”, and “The Land of Infinite Variety.”
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