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 ...

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum's original vision for the monument was meant to be far grander, more intricate and daringly ambitious than just the four iconic heads that exist today. In 1923, South ...

Despite initial plans for federal funding, sculptor Gutzon Borglum opted for a combination of public and private financing, a decision that would later pose challenges. With the onset of the Great ...

A specialist in immensity, a modeler of monuments out of mountains, Sculptor Gutzon Borglum is doubtless pleased to reflect that his name will last as long as the hills on which he has carved his ...

In August 2024, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that Trump's predecessor Joe Biden could be added to Mount ...

Sherman was a general in the Union army. Gutzon Borglum and a superintendent inspect work on Mount Rushmore in 1932. Construction on Mount Rushmore stopped in 1941. The sculptures were originally ...

James Lincoln de la Mothe Borglum, called Lincoln, was the first child of Gutzon Borglum and his second wife Mary, born on April 9, 1912. He was named after his father's favorite president ...

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum was chosen for the project due to his experience with large-scale sculptures. Construction began in 1927 and continued until 1941. The project, primarily funded by federal ...

These four presidents were selected to have their likeness carved into the South Dakota granite by artist Gutzon Borglum because, in his view, they represented “the most important events in the ...