Mt.+Rushmore+Field+Trip

Passengers, Buckle Up! It's going to be a RoCkY kind of Ride! media type="file" key="Airplane takeoff.wav" width="384" height="32" __** Mount Rushmore **__** : ** **The Idea**: What was once an idea to bring tourism to South Dakota, turned into something much greater. The idea was originated by State historian Doane Robinson. He imagined large figures of the American west carved in South Dakota's Black Hills. Robison contacted a master sculptor known as Gutzon Borglum. This sculptor loved Robinson's idea! However, he wanted the sculpture to be a monument that expressed the meaning of America. The creation of the sculpture began on October 4,1927 and was completed in 1941. Today, Mount Rushmore is visited by millions of visitors each year. It continues to stand as a symbol of America and it's great nation! ** Who Are Those Men Carved in the Mountain You Ask? **

Click on each of the presidents listed below to learn more! Each president you click on will take you to the United States Government Website, were you can learn addition information about the presidents. **Interesting Facts About Mount Rushmore: ** National Park Service: U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.) Mount Rushmore: National Memorial. Retrieved from [|http://www.nps.gov/moru/upload/MORU%20Student%20Guide%202010.pd]f
 * 1) [|Former President--George Washington (Served from 1789-1797)]
 * 2) [|Former President--Thomas Jefferson (Served from 1801-1809)]
 * 3) [|Former President--Theodore Roosevelt (Served from 1901-1909)]
 * 4) [|Former President--Abraham Lincoln (Served from 1861-1865)]
 * Nearly 400 people helped create the memorial or sculpture.
 * No one died during the carving of the memorial.
 * Mount Rushmore is 5,725 feet tall.
 * 90% of the heads were carved using dynamite.
 * The cost of the memorial is roughly, $1,000,000.00.
 * The mountain is made of Harney Peak Granite.
 * The figure of Thomas Jefferson was originally started on Washington's right side.
 * After 18 months of carving, Jefferson had to be blasted off the mountain and restarted on Washington's left side.