Nov 28, 2016
Yelp Review: 1
Star
"If I could give zero to this collection of 'Merican
phat pants ice cream zoo I would. This is a disgrace to the park
system. Don’t go here. Stay in the hills or badlands instead. I do
not think it is patriotic to deface a mountain. Also the
surrounding towns are horrible. I am pretty sure that the next
gathering of the juggalos is taking place around here
somewhere."
Yelp Review: 1 Star
"Not to downplay the achievements of the monument ... but, it was
really not that awesome. Seriously, you can only look at giant
heads carved into the side of a mountain for so long. We drove
across the country and through South Dakota for this?"
Despite the one-star Yelp reviews, this South Dakota monument attracts more than 2 million tourists per year, became a sought-after movie backdrop by Alfred Hitchcock, which caused rumors and controversy with the National Parks Service, and started off with a 14-year construction using nearly 400 men and women.
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Media:
Sources:
http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/mount-rushmore
http://www.rosyinn.com/1320a1.html
http://www-tc.pbs.org/nationalparks/media/pdfs/untold_stories_mount_rushmore.pdf
https://www.nps.gov/moru/learn/historyculture/carving-history.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/rushmore-north-northwest/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore_in_popular_culture
http://ghostsnghouls.com/2013/10/04/mount-rushmore-haunted/
http://www.azquotes.com/author/50630-Gutzon_Borglum
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rushmore-borglum/
https://www.yelp.com/biz/mount-rushmore-national-memorial-keystone-2?
