Gutzon Borglum - Creater of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota

Mount Rushmore; many people know it is the national memorial with the gigantic faces of the four Presidents, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Thomas Jefferson. Mt. Rushmore is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota and if you have been afforded the opportunity to witness the magnitude of the memorial in person, the memory is etched in your mind forever. I visited the memorial in the summer of 1983, when I was 13 years …

…away," those are the famous words Gutzon used to describe the length of time his most famous granite work, Mt. Rushmore, will endure. Gutzon is responsible for America's largest and most famous memorial to United States Presidents, Mt. Rushmore. Gutzon found his passion was larger-than-life sculptures, particularly in granite. John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum lead a fascinating life, and was responsible for several world famous works of art in several different media, including granite.