Who built mount rushmore?

Answer 1

In 1923 Doane Robinson sought a way to bring more visitors to the Black Hills area and came up with the idea to carve western heroes into the side of a mountain. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum was chosen for this enormous project. They decided on Mount Rushmore as the sight because of its height, solid and sturdy granite rock, and because sun lights the side of the carvings for a majority of the day. The project took 14 years to complete and today you can visit the Sculptor's Studio where Borglum's vision was first realized. The studio holds the original plaster model of the sculpture as well as four measuring instruments used to record ratios on the model. These measurements were then multiplied by 12 to carve the actual memorial. If the presidents faces were of live men, these men would be 465 feet tall.

The four presidents faces sculpted into the side of Mount Rushmore National Memorial were chosen for what they symbolize for American history. George Washington symbolizes the birth of the nation and the fight for independence. Thomas Jefferson represents the importance of governing through the people. The Declaration of Independence and the Louisiana Purchase fall under his name as well. Abraham Lincoln's image holds the values of freedom and equality, as well as the preservation of the union of states. Theodore Roosevelt symbolizes the growing international role of the U.S. in the 20th century

Answer 2

Whos On Mount Rushmore

Answer 3

Whos On Mt Rushmore

Answer 4

Mount Rushmore is a granitic rock sticking up in the Black Hills of South Dakota. As such it was not built by anyone.

If you are really asking who carved the monument on Mount Rushmore, then the answer is about 400 men under the direction of Mr. Gutzon Borglum.

(As a point of interest, he started carving the Crazy Horse monument -- it is being continued by his descendants. Crazy Horse makes the monument on Mt. Rushmore look like a practice session.)

Answer 5

Mount Rushmore was built because it represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents: George Washington (1732-1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).

Answer 6

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Who built mount rushmore?

Answer 7

Aliens... Before they started doing crop circles...


Between October 4, 1927 and October 31, 1941, Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers sculpted the 60 feet (18 m) colossal carvings of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln to represent the first 150 years of American history. These presidents were selected by Borglum because of their national focus.

Edit: Although... "errrr??? God???" gets my vote for being the first correct answer because Mt. Rushmore was indeed there long before the faces were carved into it. My bad...

Answer 8

A dude called Doane Robinson conceived the idea. A sculptor called Borglum actually carved it along wit a little bit of help (400 sculptors) This was between 1927 and 1941, though there have been improvements ever since. Congress authorized the whole thing of course way back in 1925.

Answer 9

No one "built" Mount Rushmore. It was carved out of the rock.

Answer 10

Obviously Mr. Rushmore did this