We had two monuments to go to and the lady suggested that the way we were going, we should go to The Crazy Horse Memorial. Crazy Horse was a Native American hero who’s sculpture is being carved into a mountain. It should probably be worded that the mountain is being carved into a sculpture of Crazy Horse as they are doing it in 3D through the whole of the hill.
It was started in 1948 by one sculpture of Polish descent that the Native Americans sought out and asked to do the job. It has since upped in speed slightly as diggers etc are being used and there are a lot more people working on the project. It is still being overseen by his wife and children who are in complete control, there is no state funding for the sculpture. It doesn’t seem that much has been achieved since 1948 but when you see how the mountain used to look, they have shifted a whole lot of rock in order to get to the ‘sculpt-able’ rock.
Currently they have finished Crazy Horse’s face and are working on the horse he is riding’s head. I don’t think it will be finished in my lifetime but I’m glad that my entrance fee went towards its completion.
Our second and last monument of the day was Mount Rushmore. I think we did the two in the wrong order as after seeing Crazy Horse, Mount Rushmore seems a bit tame. Mount Rushmore was completed by hundreds of men with a huge amount of resources and it is only the size of Crazy Horses’ head.
It is one of the famous landmarks of America though and something they are proud of. It’s free to enter but you have to pay to park which is only $10. We saw a video documentary in the museum and then set off on the walk which takes you up closer to the base of the faces themselves but all you get is a really good view up the presidents' noses and no better views than from the museum. There was also a short nature walk which gave a fantastic view of literally thousands of pine cones on the floor.
J.
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