In 1927, Coolidge dedicated Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota. ... Calvin Coolidge served as President of the United States from 1923 to 1929.

Calvin Coolidge was courted for federal funds . When Mount Rushmore was conceived in the late 1920s and the project was in need of funding, President Calvin Coolidge had an auspicious summer ...

Nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Rapid City is a scenic urban getaway that hasn’t lost its small-town vibe. It’s filled with presidential attractions and surrounded by easy day-trip ...

Illustrated by big-chiseling Sculptor Gutzon Borglum, laconic Calvin Coolidge's 500-word history of the U. S. to be carved on the face of Mt. Rushmore, S. Dak., will be legible from three miles ...

In 1929, during the last days of his presidency, President Calvin Coolidge signed legislation appropriating $250,000 in federal funds for the Mount Rushmore project and created the Mount Rushmore ...

Nationally, Calvin Coolidge was president, Mount Rushmore was dedicated and the Scopes Monkey Trial made waves from a Tennessee courthouse. In Birmingham, an April fire destroyed the second floor ...

Calvin Coolidge. President: August 2, 1923 to March 4, 1929; Stock market return: 26.1% per year; At the top of the list is Calvin Coolidge: the man who presided over the boom years of the Roaring ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Let’s look now to “Silent Cal” - Calvin Coolidge. Before becoming the 30th president, Coolidge was born on the Fourth of July in 1872. When he was 23, he ...

About 30 minutes from Mount Rushmore, ... which was President Calvin Coolidge’s “Summer White House,” or take in a live show during the summer at the Black Hills Playhouse.