Mt. Rushmore was named after a New York attorney - Los Angeles Times

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Mt. Rushmore was named after a New York attorney (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-trw-rushmore24-2009may24,0,2895305.story&cid=0&ei=_C0ZSo_nNpeY9QSKtb3JBQ&usg=AFQjCNEIHDuTH3ZR0swGa3FSjXcwizmGQA)
Los Angeles Times, CA
Charles E. Rushmore was a lawyer from New York. He was sent to South Dakota to check legal titles on some properties around the Black Hills in 1884 or 1885. By the National Park Service's account, Rushmore asked the name of the mountain, ...


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