Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer South Dakota

The Crazy Horse Memorial
Custer South Dakota
September 5, 2012

Crazy Horse Memorial viewed from highway 

 

Model of Crazy Horse Memorial when completed

 

 The Crazy Horse Memorial Statistics

Interesting is the completed size of the sculpture compared

to Mount Rushmore

   

 

 

 

This is the frontal view of Thunderhead Mountain

where the Crazy Horse Memorial is. It is considered

sacred by some Ogala Lakota people. The memorial

is about 17 miles from Mt Rushmore. 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

The Crazy Horse Memorial began in 1948

by Korczak Ziolkowski. He was born in Boston

in 1908 and died October 1982. Prior to beginning

the Crazy Horse monument he worked briefly

at Mt Rushmore in 1924 for the sculptor

Gutzon Borglum.

 

Today the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation is a

private non-profit organization and is actively

managed by his wife Ruth and 7 of 10 children.

 

It is speculated that it will be completed by 2020.