Mt. Rushmore Memorial Poster Prairie Long before a network of

Long before a network of automobile highways crisscrossed the nation

the National Park-to-Park Highway also passed beneath this historic emblem of access to the park

proved difficult

of Glen Canyon Dam in 1966

is dedicated to the emigrants who crossed the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the mid-1800s on their way to California

Mt. Rushmore Memorial Poster Prairie Long before a network ofProduct Details 14 x 22 poster Interpretive Copy Gutzon Borglum wandered the primitive Horsethief Lake Road searching for the perfect granite face on which to carve Mount Rushmore. Few good paths led to the sculptures chosen location, however, Borglum knew that if he built the memorial, roads [would] come to it. 32 years after the project was completed, the same highway was dedicated as the Gutzon Borglum Memorial Highway on June 1, 1973.