18 interesting facts about Mount Rushmore.

Welcome to amazing and weird here you can find all the interesting facts about Mount Rushmore.The four presidents carved in the mountain are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.You can Read on to find out everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the amazing Mount Rushmore!

The Mount Rushmore carvings were made between October 4, 1927, and October 31, 1941

There is a cave behind the carving called the “Hall of Records.”

Rushmore’s granite faces tower over 5,500 feet above sea level.

South Dakota historian Doane Robinson is credited with conceiving the idea of carving the likenesses of famous people into the Black Hills region of South Dakota in order to promote tourism in the region.

Mount Rushmore has become an iconic symbol of presidential greatness and has appeared in works of fiction

The carvings are scaled to men who would stand 465 feet tall.

The entire Mount Rushmore National Memorial covers over 1,278 acres

90% of the heads were carved with dynamite

Over 800 million pounds of stone was removed from Mount Rushmore during the construction.

Thomas Jefferson was originally started on George Washington’s right. However, after 18 months they realized that it was not working. Jefferson’s face was dynamited off and carved on the other side.

Imagine climbing 506 steps to reach the top of Mount Rushmore-this was how many steps the workers had to climb each day!

The whole project cost US $989,992.32.

The mountain itself was originally named after Charles E. Rushmore, New York City attorney investigating mining claims in the Black Hills in 1885

The monument is 60 foot (18 m) high. Each of the President’s heads are the height of a six-story building, their eyes are 11 ft across, their noses are 20 ft long and their mouths 18 ft wide.

Definition: Rushmore is a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The heads of four US presidents carved into it – President George Washington, President Thomas Jefferson, President Abraham Lincoln and President Theodore Roosevelt.

The sculptures of the heads of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt measure 60-foot (18 m). Each President’s head is as tall as a six-story building.

Initially, it was planned for the figures to be carved from head to waist, but a shortage in funding didn’t allow for this.

The heads of the Presidents were sculpted by Gutzon Borglum and later by his son Lincoln Borglum together withh 400 workers.