- Mount Rushmore is a symbol of a dark, treacherous past full of stolen land and broken treaties. This is the messed up history of Mount Rushmore.
- As a joke, someone started calling Six Grandfathers Mountain, Mount Rushmore, and the name stuck.
- Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, has captured the imaginations of millions since opening in 1941. Here are 75 facts that may surprise you.
- The Black Hills, where Mount Rushmore was constructed were, and still are, considered sacred by the Lakota Sioux, the tribe native to the region.
- A quick visit to the gift shop and a look at some of the price tags put the cap on our sad visit to Mount Rushmore- $80 for a sweatshirt, $18 for a pair of socks.
- About 3 million visitors come to view Mount Rushmore—located in the Black Hills of Keystone, South Dakota—each year.
- Led by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum along with his son Lincoln, work on the Mount Rushmore project began in 1927 and was finally completed in 1941.
- Mount Rushmore’s Junior Ranger Program was designed to educate children on the importance of preserving and protecting national treasures.
- Our Impact. The Society has been supporting Mount Rushmore National Memorial since work on the mountain first began.
- Some 400 workers removed around 450,000 tons of rock from Mount Rushmore, which still remains in a heap near the base of the mountain.