Abraham Lincoln Mt Rushmore

by Nava Thompson

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Abraham Lincoln Mt Rushmore

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Nava Thompson

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Photograph - Photography

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A photo taken by Nava Thompson at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota of Abraham Lincoln through the rugged tree branches. This is a unique angle capturing mostly Abraham Lincoln.. ............................................Mount Rushmore before construction, circa 1905.Originally known to the Lakota Sioux as Six Grandfathers, the mountain was renamed after Charles E. Rushmore, a prominent New York lawyer, during an expedition in 1885.[9] At first, the project of carving Rushmore was undertaken to increase tourism in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. After long negotiations involving a Congressional delegation and President Calvin Coolidge, the project received Congressional approval. The carving started in 1927, and ended in 1941 with no fatalities.....................................As Six Grandfathers, the mountain was part of the route that Lakota leader Black Elk took in a spiritual journey that culminated at Harney Peak. Following a series of military campaigns from 1876 to 1878, the United States asserted control over the area, a claim that is still disputed on the basis of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie (see section "Controversy" below). Among American settlers, the peak was known variously as Cougar Mountain, Sugarloaf Mountain, Slaughterhouse Mountain, and Keystone Cliffs. It was named Mount Rushmore during a prospecting expedition by Charles Rushmore, David Swanzey (husband of Carrie Ingalls), and Bill Challis..................The carving of Mount Rushmore involved the use of dynamite, followed by the process of "honeycombing"................... About 450,000 tons of rock were blasted off the mountainside........................Historian Doane Robinson conceived the idea for Mount Rushmore in 1923 to promote tourism in South Dakota. In 1924, Robinson persuaded sculptor Gutzon Borglum to travel to the Black Hills region to ensure the carving could be accomplished. Borglum had been involved in sculpting the Confederate Memorial Carving, a massive bas-relief memorial to Confederate leaders on Stone Mountain in Georgia, but was in disagreement with the officials there.......................... The original plan was to perform the carvings in granite pillars known as the Needles. However, Borglum realized that the eroded Needles were too thin to support sculpting. He chose Mount Rushmore, a grander location, partly because it faced southeast and enjoyed maximum exposure to the sun. Borglum said upon seeing Mount Rushmore, "America will march along that skyline.".................. Congress authorized the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission on March 3, 1925................. President Coolidge insisted that, along with Washington, two Republicans and one Democrat be portrayed......................................

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