Mount Rushmore was once known as the Six Grandfathers and was sacred to the Lakota Sioux.
Mount Rushmore before the Presidents faces were carved in. It used to be known as the Six Grandfathers | U.S. National Park Service
Construction underway, with Jefferson to the left of Washington before unstable rock necessitated a change in the design | U.S. National Park Service However, gold was discovered nearby and the U.S. reneged on the treaty and took control of the area. It was after that a New York attorney called Charles Rushmore inquired about the name of the mountain while visiting on business. He was told it didn’t have a name so it was named after him.
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