Roller coasters are not the only tourism sights, Mount Rushmore is very famous for it's carvings of 4 *presidents* , George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.. Read more learn about Mount Rushmore.

This is Mount Rushmore, It took about 14 years to carve this magnificent sight. The carving began in 1927 and stopped in 1941. How were the four presidents chosen for Mount Rushmore?

These men were chosen because all four played important roles in American history. The four faces carved into Mount Rushmore are those of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. ... He was the first United States president and is often called the father of our country. Why is it called Rushmore?

Those are the famous words Sculptor Gutzon Borglum used to describe the length of time his most famous work, Mt. Rushmore, will endure. The mountain itself was originally named after Charles E. Rushmore, a New York lawyer investigating mining claims in the Black Hills in 1885. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota.

to learn more check the sites below

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore (To go to site also click *Mount Rushmore*)

https://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm (To go to site click *presidents*)