A National Park Service veteran is weighing in on the possibility of adding Donald Trump's face to Mount Rushmore, explaining ...

The Start Westward Memorial has sat in Marietta for 87 years. It could soon be removed and replaced with a bronze replica.

John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum liked to tinker with his own legend, subtracting a few years from his age, changing the story of his parentage. The best archival research has revealed that he was ...

People have long wanted to add presidents to Mount Rushmore. But there's two big reasons that's unlikely, if not impossible.

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum invested 14 years into carving his vision into Mount Rushmore before dying in 1941. (Library of Congress photo) Crafting one of the most recognizable fixtures of the ...

Gutzon Borglum works on the Start Westward monument in his studio. The monument was commissioned for the city of Marietta’s sesquicentennial in 1938. (Photo Provided) ...

Gutzon Borglum was no ordinary sculptor. He was a man obsessed with scale, symbolism, and legacy. Born to Danish immigrants, Borglum’s early life was marked by hardship and a restless search for ...

President Trump’s renewed push to add his face to Mount Rushmore faces overwhelming obstacles. Geologists warn that the ...

Here, Borglum works on a model of Mount Rushmore in his studio facing the mountain. Before starting work on the memorial, sculptor Gutzon Borglum marked off the measurements as to which sculpture ...

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began carving the images of four U.S. presidents into Mount Rushmore on Oct. 4, 1927. The effort employed 400 people and took 14 years to complete.

Gutzon's talent was immediately apparent and he found a few commissions (certainly the fact that Solon had already associated the name Borglum with fine sculpture didn't hurt). At the same time ...