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                            _Mount Rushmore_
                           NATIONAL MEMORIAL


  A MONUMENT COMMEMORATING THE CONCEPTION, PRESERVATION, AND GROWTH OF
                      THE GREAT AMERICAN REPUBLIC

    [Illustration: Location practically in the Center of the North
    American Continent]

                            PUBLISHED BY THE
        Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society of Black Hills
                                  1948

    [Illustration: GUTZON BORGLUM]




                                CONTENTS


  Foreword                                                             1
  The Mighty Works of Borglum                                          5
  From the Beginning                                                   9
  The Role of the National Park Service                               16
      Wind Cave National Park                