Solon Borglum Solon Borglum Solon Hannibal de la Mothe Borglum (December 22, 1868 – January 31, 1922) was an American sculptor. He is most noted for his depiction of frontier life, and especially his experience with cowboys and native Americans. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre by France for his work with "Les Foyers du Soldat" service clubs during World War I. Born in Ogden, Utah, Borglum was the younger brother of Gutzon Borglum and uncle of Lincoln Borglum, the two men most responsible for the creation of the carvings at Mount Rushmore. Solon's Danish immigrant father James Borglum was a
Gutzon Borglum sculpted the memorial "Start Westward of the United States", which is located in Marietta, Ohio (1938). He built the statue of Daniel Butterfield at Sakura Park in Manhattan (1918). He created a memorial to Sacco and Vanzetti (1928), a plaster cast of which is now in the Boston Public Library. Another Borglum design is the North Carolina Monument on Seminary Ridge at the Gettysburg Battlefield in south-central Pennsylvania. The cast bronze sculpture depicts a wounded Confederate officer encouraging his men to push forward during Pickett's Charge. Borglum had also made arrangements for an airplane to fly over the monument during