The plot of land in South Dakota’s Black Hills, according to Rhoden, is privately owned by a family willing to donate it.

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived.

Alfred Hitchcock at Mount Rushmore during the filming of North By Northwest.12 October 1958. PD. The National Park Service would have done well to have reached the same conclusion before it dealt ...