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Mount Rushmore is used to promote tourism in South Dakota.
South Dakota State Historian Doane Robinson had the idea to carve the likenesses of western heroes in the Black Hills to promote tourism. His idea was to carve the Needles.
Doane Robinson contacted Gutzon Borglum about a carving in the Black Hills. Gutzon Borglum chose Mount Rushmore instead because of the poor quality of granite in the Needles. Gutzon also thought it would be better for the sculpture to have a more national focus and chose the four presidents to carve on Mount Rushmore.
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Where and when was Mount Rushmore built?
Mount Rushmore was built In south Dakota and it was built between October 4,1927 and October 31,1941
When was Mount Rushmore bilut?
Mount Rushmore was not built. It was created geologically about 1.6 billion years ago.
Who directed the carving of Mount Rushmore?
Who built Mt. Rushmore
How is mount Rushmore used today?
The same it was when it was first built, its granite it doesn't change much.
What mountain is mount Rushmore located on?
Mount Rushmore is carved into Mount Rushmore. It is in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Are the eyes on mount Rushmore used for drainage?
No.
How much dynamite was used on Mt Rushmore?
how much dynamite did mount Rushmore use
How do you say Mount Rushmore in french?
Mont Rushmore translates Mount Rushmore
In whose honor was Mount Rushmore was built?
I don’t know ask google
Where was mountrushmore was made?
Mount Rushmore was made where it is. It wasn't built in China and then flown into the country.
What do they call Mount Rushmore now?
mount Rushmore
Was Mount Rushmore built for honoring some one?
From the beginning, the carvings on Mount Rushmore were intended to be a tourist attraction, to get people to know about and visit South Dakota. Gutzon Borglum chose to depict the four presidents on Mount Rushmore because he thought that would be the most attractive to tourists.
