Construction of Mount Rushmore Construction of Mount Rushmore The construction of Mount Rushmore National Memorial took 14 years, from 1927 to 1941. Doane Robinson of the South Dakota Historical Society wanted a monument to be built in South Dakota in order to help the economy of the state by attracting tourism. In 1923, he proposed that this monument should be built from the granite cliffs in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Senator Peter Norbeck of South Dakota approved the proposal, and federal funding helped the project. Robinson asked architect and sculptor Gutzon Borglum to sculpt and design the monument. Borglum decided to use
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