Mount Rushmore is a memorial to the birth,growth,preservation and development of the United States of America. Gutzon Borglum sculpted busts of Presidents George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Theodore Roosevelt,and Abraham Lincoln high in the Black Hills to represent the first 150 years of American history.
The primary resource at Mount Rushmore is the granite sculpture itself,but also of interest is the Sculptor's Studio built under the direction of Sculptor Gutzon Borglum in 1939. Unique plaster models and tools related to the sculpting process are displayed in the studio.