Personal Narrative: Mount Rushmore In Sioux Falls

Have you ever wondered what happened behind the gates of Tuxedo Park when it was first discovered? The book “The World with a Fence Around It,” by George M. Rushmore, is about Tuxedo Park in its first years. Pierre Lorillard was the founder of the Park, while Bruce Price was the architect. Many people visited Tuxedo Park in its early days such as Mark Twain, and Emily Post. Although, Tuxedo Park may be an old town, discovered in 1885 by Pierre Lorillard, it has much to offer, such as, a weekend home, hunting, fishing, and more sports that started around the same time the Park.

I was in awe at the sight of the beautiful lakes and the bright green trees. It took us about 5 hours to exit Minnesota and finally enter Wisconsin. See my family likes to stop at any little shop on the way when i’d rather just get the show on the road. The sights of huge hills filled with flowers and the sounds of the birds flying all around me. It took us about 45 minutes to get to the dells once we entered Wisconsin.

It was the beginning of my senior trip to the Bahamas, I was 18 so that meant I could have some real fun since I was finally old enough (at least outside of the United States). I was with my sister, Ashley, who is 17 years older than me and her husband Kevin. We drove to Nashville, Tennessee the day before we were going to embark on the first time I had ever been out of the country. We made our way to the oh-so-famous Opry Mills Mall and it was definitely a sight to see. Now Ashley and Kevin are well traveled

My trip to the Grand Canyon was the best experience I ever had so far in my life. My grandparents from Korea came along with us. Even though I saw them last year it was still an enjoyable moment that I had. Grand Canyon is located in Arizona so what our family did was fly to Las Vegas early in the morning and arrive in Nevada around 9 o’clock am. Driving to Grand Canyon was also five hours with heavy traffic. Driving and stopping every hour was hard to do but at the end it was all worth it. It was good that I had couple electronic devices and my family to keep me in company.

Mount Rushmore is a carved mountain sculpture in the Black Hills of South Dakota. They started building it on October 4, 1927 and it opened October 31, 1941. The project cost $989,992.32 and 14 years to build it, the actual craving was done by a team of over 400 men. This mountain has carved faces of four United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln and each presidents face is 60 feet high. The sculpture was led by Gutzon Borglum and it was originally designed for the four presidents to be represented from the waist and up. George Washington was chosen because he was our nation’s founding father. Thomas Jefferson was chosen to represent expansion, because he was the president who signed

Mount rushmore is an amazing site weather in person or on line, because of this they get more than 3 million visitors a year. Some interesting facts are that it took 14 years to build. Also 400 men worked on this project. The project costed the U.S 1 million dollars. Over 90 percent was carved using dynamite, details were finished with jack hammers and hand chisels.

We had a fast trip down to Mississippi to visit with Dad & Kay. With all the storms blowing through, we managed to evade them all thankfully. We did have sunny skies on Friday & Monday. And the little Miata just hummed along. We took the top down Friday after we left Hopkinsville KY. Getting off the Pennyrile Pkwy and onto I-24 for a bit, traffic became quite heavy heading into Nashville, so we got off the interstate and cut across the countryside to the far edge of Nashville. Once on the southwest side of Nashville and the beginning of the Natchez Trace Parkway we stopped at the infamous Loveless Cafe before driving the Natchez Trace. We thought we'd just sit down, have a meal and drive on.....uh no, 1 1/2 hr wait, the place was packed with people there to eat smoked BBQ sandwiches. In the next building over, they sold sandwiches to go, so that is what we did, sort of. We found some chairs outside in the shade, ate our meal. The Natchez Trace is a destination drive within itself, maintained by the National Park Service, it is a beautiful drive with lots of places to pull off, hike, see waterfalls, vistas, etc.....none of which we did :-)

In the Black Hills of South Dakota, there is a monument that is dedicated to four of the most influential figures in American history. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt are names that still to this day trigger thoughts of greatness and awe-inspiring men. All four of these men were presidents of the United States. They each had a signature style or brought a particular ideal the American forefront. George Washington was known as the "father of our country." Thomas Jefferson co-authored the Declaration of Independence. Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Theodore Roosevelt fought for the little man, was known for his brashness, and

During the Memorial Day Weekend, my family decided to go on a church trip to the Niagara Falls. I kind of wanted to go, but my mom insisted that I should stay home with my grandparents to practice piano for my upcoming competition. In the end, she left the decision to me.

My best moment was when i went to the Florida Keys over Christmas break in 2015. It was a two week trip just on our way to the Keys. On our way we stopped at the Creation Museum down in Kentucky and we stayed at my grandpa’s house in Maranatha Village down in Sebring Florida. When we finally got down to the Keys i couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. The water was that beautiful blue color and there was nothing but colorful coral and crystal blue water everywhere. When we got to where we were staying it was packed. There were more campers than we could count. The campground was on it’s own little island on the highway. My dad used to work there while my grandpa sang for an audience in the outdoor bar by the pool and hot tub. When i went to

South Dakota is known as the Mount Rushmore state because it is home to the national memorial mount Rushmore. The Mount Rushmore sculpture shows the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. South Dakota is also called the sunshine state, for its bright sunny days. It is also called the coyote state because all the wildlife that is there. South Dakota became a state November 2, 1889 as the 40th state to become one. The population of South Dakota is 814,180 ranked 46th state. South Dakota`s state bird is a Chinese Ring necked Pheasant. South Dakota`s flag has a blue background with a circle in the middle and it has a small town on it. South Dakota`s state tree is the Black Hills Spruce tree. Also

Over the summer Megan and I went to Wisconsin with her family . It was an outstanding trip with my best friend. We went to many different places and got all kinds of things. We stayed for 6 days. We stayed in a cabin on Lake Twin.

Teddy Roosevelt deserves to be revered in American History for numerous reasons. One of the reasons I chose Roosevelt is because I visited Mount Rushmore this year and I learned a lot about who he was as man and as a person. He is considered to be one of our most courageous presidents. Thai is one of the several reasons why he was honored on mount Rushmore. As soon as Roosevelt was elected he put aside the murder of William McKinley. His first move as president was to attack Wall Street companies such as J.P. Morgan, Edward Herriman, James J Hill and many other big trust funds. Roosevelt wasn't the first person to do this Adams in Jackson had also done things along these lines. Roosevelt was taking a risk by doing this because wealthy people

Many people enjoy monuments, but they are unaware of the controversial issue involved. Most agencies or groups have the right intentions of constructing a monument, but do not realize the public opinion of the case. Monuments intend to recognize a person, place, or event. When you think about a monument, you would most likely think about the memorial informing people of something significant in history. It is not the intention to bring the entire history lesson about the subject, but doing so would shame it. Although monuments are intentionally made in commemoration, some do not express the whole truth and some are absolutely meaningless.

Now when I got there after my six and a half hour drive I was already not looking forward to being there. I took my valuables and brought them straight into my room and we not into my bed. It was night time so i played night soccer with my cousin Owen. We had loads and loads of fun. For most of the days in North Dakota we just sat inside and