Mount Rushmore In 1927, workmen with lively nicknames like Whiskey Art, Palooka, and Hoot quit their regular jobs. They were among the 400 people invited to create Mount Rushmore, a massive mountainside carving of four United States presidents in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The work would be on-and-off labor lasting fourteen years. Mount Rushmore was conceived by the South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson in 1923. He had learned of a similar project underway in the southern US. Just east of Atlanta, the sculptor Gutzon Borglum had been commissioned to carve into Stone Mountain the likeness of Confederate…
In the 1820s, when War of 1812 fighting had ceased in the Niagara Falls region, local hotel owners wanted to revive tourism. The Niagara Falls had once made popular tourist destinations of two cities along the international border: Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, and Niagara Falls in New York, USA. To attract attention, the hotel owners sponsored the first daredevil Niagara Falls stunt on record: they sent a defunct ship over Niagaras Horseshoe Falls. The hoteliers stunt drew a crowd indeed. On September 8, 1827, about 10,000 people gathered to watch the condemned schooner be swept over the waterfall. The…
What to Consider When Choosing a Private Yacht Chartering Company Have you recently decided that you would like to charter a private yacht? If so, have you already chosen a private yacht chartering company and booked your reservations? If you have yet to do so, you will want to take your time when doing so. Although choosing a private yacht chartering company can be considered a relatively easy decision, it is one that you are urged not to make on a whim. To make sure that you choose the perfect yacht chartering company, the one that you can provide you…
