Mount Rushmore wasn’t really his idea. Robinson conceived the original concept in a bid to boost tourism. As it sits in the ...

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived. For ...

Editor’s note: Richard Bammer’s column appears every other Sunday in the print edition of the Reporter. Mark Twain covered Congress for a brief period for various newspapers in the post-Civil War era, ...

Mount Rushmore is an American icon: Its majestic, 60-foot-tall carved presidential heads, overlooking South Dakota’s Black Hills, have been immortalized in cinema and remain a bucket-list destination ...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna introduced a bill to add Donald Trump's face to Mount Rushmore. The bill has stalled in the House Committee on Natural Resources. Mount Rushmore's sculptor previously stated ...