Mount Rushmore Black Hills region of South Dakota in order to promote tourism in the region. His initial idea was to sculpt the Needles; however, Gutzon Borglum rejected the Needles because of the poor quality of the granite and strong opposition from American Indian groups. They settled on Mount Rushmore, which also has the advantage of facing southeast for maximum sun exposure. Robinson wanted it to feature American West heroes such as Lewis and Clark, Red Cloud, and Buffalo Bill Cody, but Borglum decided that the sculpture should have broader appeal and chose the four presidents. Senator Peter Norbeck sponsored the project
Mount Rushmore in popular culture of Konohagakure, in a style similar to that of Mount Rushmore (with Tsunade's face added later, in "Shippuuden". (Hatake Kakashi) and (Uzumaki Naruto) were the 6th and 7th face to be added to the mountain in the last chapter). The village was designed by Japanese manga artist Masashi Kishimoto. The fictional nuclear-equipped warship Outer Haven, in the video game "", features a Mount Rushmore-esque sculpture of the four "Snake" characters that have appeared thorough the "Metal Gear" series (Solidus Snake, Old Snake, Liquid Snake and Big Boss). In the 1994 live action version of "Richie Rich" starring Macaulay Culkin, the