... first started out as a fresco painter; he would often paint angels and saints when he was younger. When he lived in Los Angeles he was inspired by a teacher who specialized in landscape paintings, Elizabeth Putnam, whom he later married in 1888 (YouTube). Borglum and his wife then traveled to Paris so ... Roosevelt did not do much for our nation. Borglum felt that he was of importance because he did help build this nation. Roosevelt's work in expanding America with the Panama Canal, Borglum felt he was very important to the cause ("The Faces of Mount Rushmore"). Borglum first designed ....

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