Stone Mountain Klan, was commissioned to do the carving. Borglum abandoned the project in 1925 (and later went on to begin Mount Rushmore). The US Mint issued a 1925 Commemorative silver US half dollar, bearing the words "Stone Mountain", as part of a fundraiser for the monument. This was the largest issue of commemorative coins by the U.S. government up to that time. American sculptor Augustus Lukeman continued until 1928, when further work stopped for thirty years. In 1941 segregationist Governor Eugene Talmadge formed the Stone Mountain Memorial Association (SMMA) to continue work on the memorial, but the project was delayed once
St. Charles, Idaho Charles and the rest of the northern Bear Lake Valley settlements in Oneida County, Idaho Territory. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941) was born in St. Charles. St. Charles is located at (42.112493, -111.390001), at an elevation of above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 131 people, 53 households, and 35 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 138 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was