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∙ 13y agoGutzon Borglum
Gutzon Borglum carved and created Mount Rushmore.
He started in 1927 and worked on it until 1941.
Mount Rushmore!(:
He made Mount Rushmore.
Gutzon Borglum
The Mount Rushmore Monument
for choosing the presidents on Mount Rushmore
Who built Mt. Rushmore
There were many people involved in the sculpting, they all were supervised and directed by Gutzon Borglum. Gutzon Borglum and 400 workers sculpted it. The idea came from Doane Robinson to promote tourism to South Dakota.
They didn't use makeup to create Mount Rushmore, but the creation of Mount Rushmore started in 1921 by Gutzon Borglum and finished by his son in 1941.
It was Gutzon Borglum who started sculpting Mount Rushmore, but when he died March 6th, 1941 his son Lincoln borglum took over. You can get a llot of info about this on wikipedia and the mount Rushmore officail website links. Hope this helps!