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Crazy Horse Memorial
	Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear wrote "My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, too." inviting sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski to the Black Hills to carve Crazy Horse. The first blast on 3 June 1948 took off 10 tons of rock.  Work is now underway blocking out the 22 storey high horses head.  The photo to the right shows some of the carving tools!
	The viewing veranda has 1/34 scale model of the famous Crazy Horse. Also shown is the silhouette of the profile of Crazy Horse. The far right photo is of a picture with the finished outline superimposed.
The mountain sculpture has a 87ft 6in high head and 44 ft feather. The arm is 227 ft long and the hand 33 ft high.  The horses head will be 219 ft high with a 62 ft mane.  In total it will be 563 ft high with a hole 110 ft wide and 100 ft high.		On the left is a wooden carving of Crazy Horse's face. On the right is a  9' 6" bronze carving of Fighting Stallions.
Deadwood
A view of the Main Street	The saloon where wild Bill Hickok was shot.
Gaming tables and machines in Kevin Cosner's bar.
Deadwood's oldest bar.	Saloons with ladies of negotiable affections in the upper windows!
Old reconstructed facade	Fall colours beginning to show in Deadwood.
Mount Rushmore
	As an idea to draw sightseers in 1923, state historian Doane Robinson suggested carving giant statues in South Dakotas Black Hills.  The sculptures stand as a gateway to the West. Gutzon Borglum was engaged as sculptor, who found the southeast facing wall of granite on Mount Rushmore to create a work of art of national importance in commemoration of the foundation, preservation and continental expansion of the United States.
The carving of George Washington's head is as tall as a six story building.  If his body was carved from head to toe, the height of the full figure would be 465 feet.  The head is 60 ft from forehead to chin.		The Washington head was formally dedicated in 1930, followed by Jefferson in 1936, Lincoln in 1937 and Roosevelt in 1939.  Borglum dies in March 1941; the final dedication was not held until 50 years later.
	Mountain goats were brought to the area in 1924 and have adapted well to the environment. This one is at the end of a ledge a few inches wide!
Miscellaneous
	A lunch stop between Bandlands and Mount Rushmore also had a range of exhibits and old photographs.  It included a street displaying stuffed animals and also this chapel.

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