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 touched the place now known as Mount Rushmore there were many questions that needed to be answered. Where would Mount Rushmore be? Who or what would be carved into the mountain? Borglum and his son, Lincoln, ventured off into the Black hills with a state forester by the name of Theodore Shoemaker (St. George 13). The three of them traveled for days on end in search of the perfect spot for the grand monument that was soon to be called Mount Rushmore.
At first Borglum had his eyes set on the highest mountain east of the Rockies which was called Harney Peak (Cohen 7). Borglum was quite impressed with such natural beauty this mountain held so they climbed up to inspect the mountain a little closer. Borglum realized the rock was flimsy and would not withstand being carved. They also realized that it would be difficult for tourists to travel and see the carving. The quest went on in search of the perfect spot. Shoemaker had circled around Mount Rushmore and Borglum was beginning to get impatient. They circled again and soon approached Mount Rushmore. Once he set eyes on the mountain, he knew that was the site for the enormous project. Borglum decided to camp out; he studied the area with pictures and took samples of the granite rock. .
In 1925, Borglum chose Mount Rushmore to be the official site for the sculpture. He then took his idea of the proposed land to Senator Norbeck. Norbeck was not too thrilled with the location. He felt as though it was too far into Black Hills and would cost quite a bit of money to construct a road to the memorial. It took days of Borglum trying to convince Norbeck and eventually he agreed. .
The enormous task of sculpting the side of the mountain was given to Borglum, born March 25, 1867 (YouTube).
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Hitchcock went on to become the most widely known and influential director in the history of world cinema with a significant body of work produced over 50 years. ... Later Hitchcock films tend to fail in allowing the episodes to become more impressive than the story they combine to tell, this is never the case with "North by North West" despite it having some of the most memorable of Hitchcock's set pieces: the attack by the crop spraying aircraft and the Mount Rushmore climax. ...
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