On the way to Mount Rushmore, we passed through some more interesting tunnels.
Coming out of this tunnel, we caught a glimpse of Mount Rushmore from a distance:
Here’s another view:
Then up close and personal:
Check out that profile!
Here is a bust of the Artist who orchestrated the grand project, Gotzum Borglum:
I can’t wrap my head around how one even begins… Speaking of works in progress: we visited Crazy Horse. This project is another grand undertaking. Ziolkowski was a Polish-American sculpter who’s sculpture won first prize at the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. Chief Henry Standing Bear of the Lakota wrote Ziolkowski , “My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, too.” After meeting with the Chief and identifying the appropriate place in the Blackhills, Ziolkowski began his work June 3, 1948.
Here is a pic I shot from a distance:
The face is completed. Ziolkowski passed away 1982. His sons continue the work as funds are available. This monument is not a State or Federal Monument, but rather a private undertaking. The finished project will resemble this:
Hopefully someday this will be completed.