By Mary on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 04:23 pm:
Tina, Howell, MI:
Your welcome!
Alex:
I totally agree! I've driven through the Atlanta area quite a few times, traveling south from this "winter wonderland" called the U.P., but back in Sept. I had the opportunity to stay right in Atlanta. That's when we visited Stone Mountain. Took the skylift up to the top of the mountain, now that was impressive, when you're going right by the carving, you can actually see how enormous it is. From the history I've read, the man who carved Mount Rushmore, Gutzon Borglum, was the original sculptor of the Memorial, but none of his original carving remains.
Quote:The carving is 90 feet tall and 190 feet wide, stands eleven and a half feet out from the side of the mountain and towers 400 feet above the ground in a frame that is 360 feet square or three acres. Fifty-five years elapsed from the time of the original concept in 1915 until completion of the three figures in 1970. Not a blow of the hammer was struck for 36 years, from 1928 to 1964.
taken from: Georgia's Stone Mountain, by Willard Neal
