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Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for making us aware that Mount Rushmore was named for Charles E. Rushmore, a New York City attorney who was in the Black Hills working for a mining company in 1884.
So which one is President Rushmore?
Perhaps the most recognizable mountain in the United States got it's name in a rather blasé manor.
The mountain was named long before the carving of the monument started for New York City attorney, Charles E. Rushmore.
Rushmore was in the Black Hills in 1884, checking on the legal titles of properties while working for the Harney Peak Tin Mining Company.
According to the National Park Service, Rushmore inquired what the granite outcropping was named to his local guide, Bill Challis.
Challis replied, "Never had a name, but from now on we'll call it Rushmore."
The name took and locals began calling the granite outcrop Mount Rushmore. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names made it official in June of 1930 — three years after the craving on the memorial had started. Charles Rushmore did make a donation the carving to help Gutzon Borglum with the project. It was the least he could do after all, as Borglum's carving is the chief reason most of us have ever heard of Charles Rushmore today.
It appears Challis was incorrect when he said the mountain never had a name before Rushmore however.
According to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, other names for the mountain including two Lakota names; Igmu Tanka Paha meaning Cougar Mountain and Tunkasila Sakpe Paha meaning Six Grandfathers Mountain.
Other local names included Butchers Hill or Slaugtherhouse Mountain. '
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So which one is President Rushmore?
Perhaps the most recognizable mountain in the United States got it's name in a rather blasé manor.
The mountain was named long before the carving of the monument started for New York City attorney, Charles E. Rushmore.
Rushmore was in the Black Hills in 1884, checking on the legal titles of properties while working for the Harney Peak Tin Mining Company.
According to the National Park Service, Rushmore inquired what the granite outcropping was named to his local guide, Bill Challis.
Challis replied, "Never had a name, but from now on we'll call it Rushmore."
The name took and locals began calling the granite outcrop Mount Rushmore. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names made it official in June of 1930 — three years after the craving on the memorial had started. Charles Rushmore did make a donation the carving to help Gutzon Borglum with the project. It was the least he could do after all, as Borglum's carving is the chief reason most of us have ever heard of Charles Rushmore today.
It appears Challis was incorrect when he said the mountain never had a name before Rushmore however.
According to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, other names for the mountain including two Lakota names; Igmu Tanka Paha meaning Cougar Mountain and Tunkasila Sakpe Paha meaning Six Grandfathers Mountain.
Other local names included Butchers Hill or Slaugtherhouse Mountain. '
FYI LTC Jeff ShearerSGT Philip RoncariCWO3 Dennis M.SGT (Join to see)PO3 Bob McCordSGT Jim Arnold PO3 Phyllis Maynard Maj Robert Thornton SPC Douglas Bolton Cynthia Croft PO1 H Gene Lawrence PVT Karl Goode PO2 Kevin Parker SGT James Murphy SFC Michael Young MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy [~1528099:SGT Rick Colburn
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