Lincoln Borglum that capacity until May 15, 1944. Borglum continued to work as a sculptor after leaving Mount Rushmore. He created several religious works for churches in Texas, including the well-known shrine "Our Lady of Loreto" in Goliad. Borglum also wrote three books, all about the sculpting of Mount Rushmore. Lincoln Borglum was a member of Battle River Masonic Lodge No. 92 in Hermosa, South Dakota. Like many of the men who worked on the Rushmore project, Borglum's lungs were permanently scarred from breathing in granite dust associated with the blasting. Borglum died in Corpus Christi, Texas, at the age of 73.
Isabel Paterson position was with a newspaper in Vancouver, British Columbia, where for two years she wrote drama reviews. In 1914, Paterson started submitting her first two novels, "The Magpie's Nest" and "The Shadow Riders," to publishers, without much success. It was not until 1916 that her second novel "The Shadow Riders" was accepted and published by John Lane Company, which also published "The Magpie's Nest" the following year in 1917. After World War I, she moved to New York City, where she worked for the sculptor Gutzon Borglum. He was creating statues for the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and