Numerous Restrictions


There was so much that Gutzon Borglum had already planned on doing with the monument. He had way grander plans for the design than it turned out in the end. The first design included more than just the four presidents who ended up. He was also planning to add the map of the Louisiana Purchase along the face of the mountain. And inside the map, he was also planning on carving some of the nation’s highest accomplishments and noteworthy incidents.