2015 Where the Buffalo Roam Tour: Mt Rushmore

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One place that has definitely has been on my list of things to see is Mt Rushmore. It is a pretty awe-inspiring piece of work. I have been told some people that it is smaller than expected, but I didn't feel like that at all. I thought it was pretty impressive. Indeed, I have a real respect in that I think it would be hard to carve anyone in stone, let alone make it look like a President. Before we left, American Experience (PBS) ran a special on Gustav Borglum who sculpted it. That is well worth watching. We take Mt Rushmore for granite now, and it is such an American icon. However, it was a very costly gamble in its day. It could have easily been a disaster. Clearly, everyone knows what it looks like, but here's a couple of pictures I took:



This is what Borglum originally intended.