Catalina Duran

Sixth Grade

Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore is a monument located near Keystone, South Dakota. It is a famous tourist destination because of the faces of four United States Presidents carved into the mountain – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt – but the massive sculpture has more stories than most people know.

Mount Rushmore was originally known to the Lakota people as Six Grandfathers. It is located on land that originally belonged to the Lakota tribe.

The land was seized by the United States after the Great Sioux War of 1876. The land is controversial among some groups because of this reason. Many people say it should be returned to the Native American tribe that once owned it.

In 1927, construction began on the four faces. It took four years and more than four hundred workers to sculpt the four faces on the side of Mount Rushmore. The whole project cost almost one million dollars to complete.

Cat – Great essay. I hope you enjoyed Mount Rushmore, and I appreciate knowing more about its history! – Ms. J.

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