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South Dakota State Historian Doane Robinson.

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South Dakota State Historian Doane Robinson.

South Dakota State Historian, Doane Robinson, was the first to contact Sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, in 1924 to talk over the idea of a mountain carving in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Read Doane Robinson's letter to Gutzon Borglum letter. PDF
 
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum

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Sculptor Gutzon Borglum.

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum's reply to Doane Robinson telegram PDF

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Geologists estimate that the granite at Mount Rushmore National Memorial will erode only 1 inch every 10,000 years.
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