Mining & Logging

Historical marker location:

Deadwood, South Dakota

( Marker can be reached from Mount Roosevelt Road east of Stage Run Road.)

Homestake: Timber supply closely related to gold production.

The famous Mount Rushmore National Memorial, featuring the faces of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, is located in South Dakota. It was built by artist Gutzon Borglum and his team between 1927 and 1941.