PhotoFrank Loc: Westerville, Ohio

If you visit the Black Hills area of South Dakota, make sure to visit the Crazy Horse Monument. It won't be completed in my lifetime, but is far enough along to be worth a stop.

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Bob Mevis Loc: Plymouth, Indiana

I would love to see it.

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

My daughter and son-in-law visited both Rushmore and Crazy Horse this summer and were more wowed by Crazy Horse. They were put off by the commercialism at Rushmore. Me, I just ignored that stuff and enjoyed both sites.

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

Not much different than when we visited 25 or so years ago. Have heard this comment from many people who have visited the site. If ever completed it will be something to see but till then in my opinion nothing but another tourist trap. I wouldn't go again.

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scatman Loc: Waterbury, CT

Carving a human face into a mountain is,IMHO, like putting a bumper sticker on a Ferrari.

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

Gee, we thought with a putty knife and some duck fat it would be easy?

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

They're a little behind Mt. Rushmore's pace.

TonyF Loc: Bradenton, FL

I snapped a picture of this with my brownie camera in 1970 just when there was a dynamite blast.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Uh, I and most people find the commercialism at Crazy Horse offensive. Just respect at Rushmore.

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luvmypets Loc: Born & raised Texan living in Fayetteville NC

I got curious and Googled it. It took only 14 years to complete Rushmore.

Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin

PhotoFrank, please allow me to post a timeline in photos of the Crazy Horse Memorial. Curiosity was just too much to resist. Thank you.

It's been 71 years since the first blasting (1948). Based on the photos, you be the judge as to how long it would take to complete the project.
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Before the first blasting

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1948 - Korczak Ziolkowski, sculptor, drilling the first hole before blasting.

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1982

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1993

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1999

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2005

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Sept. 11, 2012

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2014

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May 2017 During Our Visit

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An oil painting to show how the monument would look like when completed. Who knows when? Another 70 years? 100 years? Next millennium??

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Elmo55 Loc: Illinois

Keep in mind that Rushmore will fit in the head of Crazy Horse! How's that for a size comparison?

Wanderer2 Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains

I visited the site in the 1960s and it looked about like the 1982 photo. There was no visitor center, etc. then and it was anything but commercial (According to my memory, admittedly poor, I was greeted by the wife of the sculptor and given some information, no real tour, and no one else was there). Is the work still being done by the descendants of the original sculptor (I forget his name)? As I recall, he had earlier worked on Rushmore or was involved in it in some way. I have read in the distant past that Crazy Horse never allowed a photo to be taken of him and thus the likeness is not exact.