Black Hills gambles on democracy

From: The Journal Record | Date: July 22, 1996| Author: David Page Managing Editor | Copyright information

KEYSTONE, S.D. -- There were many skeptics when Gutzon Borglum first announced plans to carve a national monument from a mountain in the Black Hills.

The sculptor fought a long and hard battle against financial and technical difficulties. There were no roads to the site and Borglum had to overcome critics to the idea of sculpting with dynamite.

But what Borglum created at Mount Rushmore has become one of America's most inspiring symbols of democracy.

It has also become the...

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