The Mount Rushmore carving of Abraham Lincoln, the nation's 16th president, was officially dedicated on this day in history, ...

What is now South Dakota was among the northern Plains land claimed by the French and sold to the U.S. in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. South Dakota Court Suspends Law ...

John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum liked to tinker with his own legend, subtracting a few years from his age, changing the story of his parentage. The best archival research has revealed that he was ...

Fadness explores the history of the Ku Klux Klan in South Dakota from the 1920s onward and the prominent figures associated ...

However, the main sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, pushed to include only the faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. But there’s ...

Plus, many attractions are within walking distance, such as the Big Thunder Gold Mine and Gutzon Borglum Historical Center. Not feeling Nashville for a Labor Day getaway? Head to Pigeon Forge in ...

The same year, Ziółkowski caught the attention of noted sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who asked him to assist in carving the famous stony depictions of Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt at Mount ...

The proposal was granted federal funding, and Robinson selected architect and sculptor Gutzon Borglum to design and carve the monument. Borglum convinced Robinson that sculptures of presidents ...

Want a little American history with your Airbnb getaway? Book a stay at this house in Stamford, once the home of Gutzon Borglum, best known for being the main sculptor of Mount Rushmore.

that she wanted to do a story on Gutzon Borglum, "quite a well known sculptor." The Story That “Hillbilly Elegy” Doesn’t Tell Like many memoirs, J. D. Vance’s book misses a few details ...