Abraham Lincoln

Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor of Mount Rushmore

Born: St. Charles, Idaho 1867

Died: Chicago, Illinois 1941

Copy executed by Irene Deely of Boise, Idaho 2009

"I have tried to give to posterity, in a true, unstudied picture, a glimpse of possibly the best-loved man in our national history, as he might sit alone, unposed...

Gutzon Borglum 1912

Donors:

Statue: Carol MacGregor, PhD, Mary Kinney Abercrombie, Leslie Sellers Garrett, Anita Kay Hardy, Melinda Sander, Adelia Garro Simplot and Linda Yanke.

Grounds and signage: Elizabeth Pursley, Carol MacGregor, PhD and David H. Leroy, Chairman I.A.L.B.C.

Dedicated June 19, 2010

Marker is on Julia Davis Drive 0.2 miles east of Capital Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB