... in search of the perfect artist, when they thought that Gutzon Borglum would be the perfect man for the job. In 1924, Robinson acquired the help of famous sculptor Borglum to create this idea (Taliaferro 209). Mount Rushmore was named after Charles E. Rushmore. Rushmore was a New York lawyer who ... the site would from now on be called Mount Rushmore. Rushmore was an earlier contributor to the project giving a gift of $5,000 to help fund the gigantic project. Many people never recognized the name until after the construction of Mount Rushmore had already started. Years before they touc...

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... tribes of Indians that inhabited the Appalachians not mentioned. The Indians were the sole inhabitants of the region until the Europeans settled. Without the help of the Indians, the first European settlers would have no doubt died off. There has been much controversy over the injustices done to the ... Indians by European settlers. The Spanish were the first European settlers to come to the Indian-dominated North America. When the Indians first came into contact with the Europeans, ... the war. "For most respondents, the trek home was memorable primarily in that the war was over and t...

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