Comments on: WORLD’S LARGEST STATUE CARVED IN MOUNTAIN

By: katey

katey — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:54:08 +0000

Random trivia: Little sister Carrie from the Little House books married one of the discoverers of the Black Hills (in real life… not in the books. Before she married she worked as a typesetter for the local paper. Her big sister Laura didn’t start writing at all till she was in her late 40.)

By: ChadSDPhoto

ChadSDPhoto — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:07:23 +0000

Roosevelt was kind of an afterthought. I don’t remember exactly at what point he was added, but this story accurately portrays the original model for the mountain. Roosevelt was actually a personal friend of Borglum’s, so at some point he added him to the design.
Also, in the photo in this article, you can see that Jefferson has been started to the left of the Washington head. It was later determined that the rock there was unsuitable and the blasted Jefferson off and started him again to the right of Washington.
Pretty cool article, thanks for posting.
Chad
By the way, I work for the South Dakota Dept. of Tourism, that’s why I know this stuff.
More info: http://www.nps.gov/moru/histor.....morial.htm

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:39:14 +0000

Why no mention of Teddy Roosevelt? Was he just an after thought?