FACES ON RUSHMORE ARE ABOUT 60 FEET TALL

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, located in the Black Hills, covers 1,686 acres of wooded moun-tains encircling Mount Rush-more.

The memorial was established in 1929. Carved on the face of Mount Rushmore are the features of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Each measures some 60 feet in height, from the chin to the top of the head, and is visible up to about 18 miles away.Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, began work on the first head, that of Washington, in 1927.