Purpose: Adding Lands to Custer State Park Game Sanctuary Date: January 8, 1925 (Original document available here) WHEREAS, the Act of Congress, entitled “An Act to amend Game Sanctuary an Act creating the Custer State Park Game Sanctuary in the of South Dakota”, approved June 7, 1924 (43 Stat., 632), provides that, upon recommendation of the Secretary […]
Date: August 12, 1927 Location: Rapid City, SD It would be my opinion that the newsreels of the various agencies do perform a very important function in keeping the American people informed about current events. It states here that half the population of the. United States see the reels weekly. We see quite a number […]
Date: June 10, 1927 Location: Washington, D.C. (Original document available here) I expect to receive all those that come to see me to transact business at the offices that we shall establish at Rapid City during the summer. I presume that a good many people will call on me at the State Game Lodge. It […]
Title: Speech at Mount Rushmore Date: August 10, 1927 Location: Keystone, South Dakota Summary: This speech took place at the opening of the work on Rushmore Mountain in the Black Hills. (Original document available here) We have come here to dedicate a cornerstone that was laid by the hand of the Almighty. On this towering wall of Rushmore, in […]