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202 Ave of the ChiefsCuster, SD 57730
(605) 673-4681
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46 reviews for Crazy Horse Memorial
Review Highlights
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"This is a must stop after you see Rushmore." In 22 reviews -
"I am glad that there is a Native American Memorial." In 8 reviews -
"An absolute must if in the Black Hills." In 5 reviews
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Review from Tiffinie K.
Honolulu, HI
5/3/2012 1 photo
"My lands are where my dead lie buried." They chose Crazy Horse to carve because he defended his people in the only way he knew after a signed peace treaty by the President was broken in 1868. The carving is not like his image, but more a memorial to his spirit.
It was $27 to enter for a full car load, we had 5 people.
The memorial had a large gift shop located at the very end. See my review on restaurant, Laughing Water. -
Review from Jenn C.
1/15/2012 5 photos
Crazy Horse Memorial is a "must see" - even if you aren't impressed by the massive monument being blasted out of a mountain - history, anthropology and archeology buffs will be fascinated by the amazing collection of artifacts, art and clothing amassed in the museum inside. That collection of Native American items is simply overwhelming - and it's all presented together without a lot of context or interpretation - it would simply take days to sort it all out.
The gift shop is cavernous and amazing - full of tons of great items. There's also a little local artisan market - and the Widow K's cat Gracie might come out and socialize with you if she's in the mood (see pictures!).
Great stop - don't feel pressure to take it all in at once. Do be sure to sit down and enjoy the short film. It is very touristy but there's so much of a museum quality to the facility that you'll be guaranteed to come away with some good memories, new information, greater understanding and admiration of the artist and of the Native American peoples. And Gracie, of course - don't forget her!Listed in: Cross-Country & Back in 100…
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Review from Jean K.
12/5/2011
Before we left out for our vacation earlier this year for South Dakota, I read a lot of the reviews here about Crazy Horse.
This has always been on my bucket list of must see's...so I wanted to check into what other people have thought about their experience.
I will admit, that yes, it is touristy, however, I don't regret the money we spent nor the time we spent at Crazy Horse. I thought it much more informative and absolutely more beautiful then Rushmore. Took our breath away when we turned that street and finally seen it in person with amazing blue skies behind it.
The tour does center around the sculptor of the monument, but you have to admit, he was pretty damn crazy! Admired the work he did and building his entire life to it's creation.
Have always been interested in Native American history, and the artifacts they had available for viewing was very informative and interesting. Left the museum with a sadness for all that they were put through at that time.
We did come back for the lazer show that evening...and although it was worth checking out ~ I felt that the monument itself was stunning enough for the trip.
Make sure to take a piece of the mountain home with you...rocks are available on your way out that fell off during their blasts/digging. Might just seem like a free rock...but I was pretty happy with mine...using it as a bookend...and will remind me of my trip and how amazing the monument really was. -
Review from Mandy D.
10/15/2011
Just a hop and skip from Mt. Rushmore (with in a stone's throw, get it?) the work-in-progress Crazy Horse Memorial can be found. The admission price isn't worth the scenery, however, keep in mind that the workers are privately funded by your donations! So, your money is going to TNT, or something.
You can see everything from the street if you are cheap.
There is also a museum and plenty of merchants. -
Review from Sean T.
Redondo Beach, CA
10/1/2011
"Scam"
Was my original review until it was deleted.
expensive, not close to completion, and the museum is odd
free rocks! -
Review from Dan D.
La Mesa, CA
11/5/2011
Left a very moist Bozeman en route to Rapid City, South Dakota on the I-90. It had rained overnight, but it was overcast and cool when I rode out of town.
Made quick work of Montana, getting into Wyoming about 100 miles later. Just beautiful skies. Blue with white, fluffy clouds. I found that if I focused on looking at the nice scenery, I wouldn't see as many deer along the road. And there were a lot of 'em.
Anyhow, I turned off the I-90 onto Hwy 16; that took me into the Black Hills of South Dakota and to the Crazy Horse memorial. This is true Bucket List stuff, my Yelping friends.
What can I tell you about the Crazy Horse Memorial that you haven't already read in a slew of other, better-written reviews? Well...
The work on this monument was started a long time ago (1947), and it's still not completed.
After 50 years of sculpting, there is no fixed estimate for a completion date on the project (wow).
It's a family affair, with some of the original workers still hammering away.
Surprisingly, not one worker has ever died on the job.
It's NOT government-funded, as the Indian tribe and family working on the memorial want to retain complete and total creative control (looks like that strategy is working to me).
The backstory (including master sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski) is truly almost as interesting as the memorial!
Expect to spend some time here as there's an awful lot to see and do. It's touristy to be sure, but not as kitschy as Rushmore. (And the parking doesn't suck.)
Riding around the Black Hills of South Dakota and looking for neat stuff to see? This is not to be missed, my touristy amigo!
NOTE: Beatles fans should be aware that Rocky Raccoon was nowhere to be found... -
Review from Mark S.
1/4/2012
A great attraction with an even better story. It's hard to imagine that this will ever get finished in my lifetime without a huge push of money, but it's still great that it's all publicly funded. The movie is a must watch to get the history of the memorial, and the museum is great as well. If you're in the area to visit Mt. Rushmore, then Crazy Horse is definitely worth a visit as well.
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Review from Vivian H.
8/3/2011
I am glad that there is a Native American Memorial. Because in the end, the early settlers stole their land. And really, a memorial is not going to make up for it, but it is a start.
My question is this? When the Hell is the memorial going to be finished?
The project was started over 60 years ago and thus far, only Crazy Horse's face has been carved out. The end product should be Crazy Horse riding a horse. At this rate, my nonexistent grandchildren won't even see the finished product.
You don't get to ride very close to the carving, you only get a closer glimpse while riding a very yellow schoolbus. A bit of a rip off if you ask me.
The memorial is not funded by the US governement and partially that makes sense. After all, they screwed the Natives once, are you going to let them screw you again? But partially, I think without US government backing, this project may never get done.
Either way, it was anti-climactic. Yea, very nice to have an Indian memorial, too bad the experience was just blah. -
Review from Jen M.
Oakland, CA
7/23/2011
What pretends to be a memorial for "all Native Americans" is a terrific sham that only glorifies the white sculptor and insults the memory of Crazy Horse.
The first tip off is how much of the film is devoted to Korczak Ziókowski, the sculptor commissioned to do the monument, as well as his family who are now devoting their lives to continuing his vision. Note: I use "continuing" rather than "completing" because there is no urgency on the family's part. Why should there be? As long as they do a mountain blast every month (which is the infrequency with which the blasts occur - every few weeks to several months as the family sees fit) they're hard at work, right? They have twice refused federal funding "on principle." The wife is quoted as saying that Korczak didn't believe in taking handouts.
Of course, none of this was supposed to be about Korczak in the first place. Which begs the question that why then would the finished model feature an inscription of Korczak's the size of the monument itself? After a small amount of inquiry I learned that not only are no Native Americans involved in the project, but there is much adversity towards the memorial on the part of the local tribes.
One of Crazyhorse's own descendants, Elaine Quiver, has spoken out against the family and the memorial itself, stating, "They don't respect our culture because we didn't give permission for someone to carve the sacred Black Hills where our burial grounds are. They were there for us to enjoy and they were there for us to pray. But it wasn't meant to be carved into images, which is very wrong for all of us. The more I think about it, the more it's a desecration of our Indian culture. Not just Crazy Horse, but all of us." -
Review from Vanessa L.
San Francisco, CA
10/11/2011
Why on Earth would you pass on this? It is 30 minutes from Mt. Rushmore It is a $15 entry fee but once you watch the short video they play, you will feel good about giving them your $15!
It's true that the museum is not near completion but it is still worth a spot! It has a great story and is still a cool site. -
Review from Edgar P.
This is actually going to be a really cool memorial, whenever it gets completed.
The biggest problem on the project is lack of funding. The government had offered to help pay for the memorial but the family that owns the land and runs the project, who's name is escaping me at the moment, declined help and chose to build it with the help of private donations. If I'm not mistaken, they started this project in the 70s but they really just got to finishing the face and you still need about half the body and a horse to complete.
What I particularly liked about the place was that there were so many neat artifacts on display for the public to see and there were helpful staff members who shared their knowledge with everyone. They have a brief video giving you a little bit of the history of the site and plenty of souvenirs for people to buy.
There was a small model of what the final memorial is supposed to look like and I have to say, I can't wait until it's complete. There is a bus that takes you to the foot of the mountain to get a close up view of exactly how large this thing really is.
I'm probably not doing this memorial enough justice with this pedestrian review so you should probably just go there yourself! Check It Out!!
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Review from William C.
San Gabriel, CA
8/8/2011
Skip this place, nothing really to see!!!
This place is a total "Want to be" knock off of Mount Rushmore. They have not done much in the last 60 years or so that this place has been in existence. They have a model of what this place will eventually look like, but I doubt that this will EVER get done. For what they have done so far, it is completely not worth it. We went because we wanted to see the laser show at night, but from the pictures that I have seen, all they do is to project some cheap images of animals onto the mountain, so we decided that it was not worth waiting for. I wish I had gone to Mount Rushmore instead and watch the night lighting of the Presidents' heads. Not worth the over-priced admission and time at all. If you are really interested, just go on Youtube and be done with it. -
Review from Dillon S.
10/19/2010 1 photo
My sister and I stopped hear while on our road trip around the country, excited to see something honoring the Native Americans. However, we found an unfinished mountain blasting and a overpriced memorial that glorified the sculptor, not the Native Americans.
It was not at all what I expected or hoped to see. Just furthered my frustrations with our treatment of the Native Americans. It was supposed to be honoring them, and yet they have very little involvement in the operation.
Mount Rushmore definitely glorifies the white man as well, but at least it doesn't pretend to be something its not.
Also, do we really think that blowing up a mountain is what Crazyhorse would have wanted? Rather than being honored, don't you think he might lament its existence? Lame Deer, a Lakota medicine man, said: "The whole idea of making a beautiful wild mountain into a statue of him is a pollution of the landscape. It is against the spirit of Crazy Horse."
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Review from Rj B.
Santa Cruz, CA
8/15/2010
The story of the sculptor and his family was great. Steep entrance price. Nothing appears to have progressed for sometime. Staff when questioned on progress seemed rattled. Why no fed money and no Indian participation also seemed out of place. Perhaps by the 24th century it may be finished.
Get a pair of binoculars from the main road, save $27 plus $4 per person for a bus ride to get u a bit closer. -
Review from Julie D.
9/9/2007
Wow.
I did not realize that this monument was being constructed thru the diligence of a single family and their supporters. The story of how Korczak Ziolkowski came to sculpt the model is probably as interesting as the legend of Crazy Horse, himself. The fact that Mr. Ziolkowski's family is continuing the project is a marvel to me. Although we will never live to see the outcome, it's still interesting to visit the site and see the progress.
Don't expect to spend a ton of time here, I think I only spent a little over an hour here. -
Review from Sarah G.
8/10/2009
If you think Mount Rushmore is big, Crazy Horse, a monument still in progress, once completed will be the largest monument in the world. In fact, Mount Rushmore will fit just in the hair of this Nativie American memorial which will feature the Native American Crazy Horse.
Located pretty close to Mount Rushmore, this project has been going on for a number of years. The original artist has passed away sadly, but all of his children and his wife are still working on finishing the project. They don't believe in getting federal support so progress is REALLY REALLY slow. My brother and I believe in foundations and causes and purposes but this project turned down millions of dollars of help....
So when this project is actually done it will serve as a giant cultural center for all Native Americans, as the one tribute to them, since they were here in the United States first. It is definitely a monument that is needed and a center than is needed, and I can't wait one day for the entire center to be finished. Because as of now, there really isn't much to do at this memorial other than look from afar at the progress that has been made. There are a few museum rooms and exhibits, but they won't entertain you for too long, but just coming and paying your admission fee, knowing you have added to he funds of such an amazing idea of a project is worth going. -
Review from Jacob J.
7/21/2009
An interesting sight.
Please go with people that can appreciate. I was not so lucky and therefore didn't get as much time as I'd liked to see and take it all in. All the other reviews here say it all. Another outstanding accomplishment like Mount Rushmore. -
Review from Hank C.
7/8/2009
Located near the Mt. Rushmore monument, this is an easy drive over to glimpse the partially completed Crazy Horse and his horse in the mountainside. Much larger than Rushmore, it hasn't changed much in 20 years since I'd last seen it... the museum itself had a few new things about the site, but no noticeable change in the blastings or work on the monument itself... stalled?
Native Americans are divided over this monument, noting that Crazy Horse avoided taking photos and that they're carving up a sacred mountain instead of preserving the land as it was... so the debate goes on, and without public funding, the foundation will continue its efforts until either finished or bankrupt. -
Review from Dan L.
9/22/2009
This is a must stop after you see Rushmore. Don't go see Crazy horse first or Rushmore will seem tiny!
After visiting this monument I was searching around to see when the projected finish date is. There currently isn't one.
I really like that I will be able to compare my pictures when I eventually go back 30 years from now and see the progress that has been made. It reminds me of Gaudi's church in Barcelona in that respect.Listed in: My 5 stars, Road trip to Michigan and back
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Review from Alana R.
Sherman Oaks, CA
10/10/2010
This was one of the most amazing and inspirational things I have ever seen in my life. I highly recommend it, and especially to watch the video so you can learn the history before going outside and seeing the actual monument.
I was so very disappointed to hear other yelp reviewers complaining about the $10 entrance fee. REALLY???? They are not federally funded and GOOD FOR THEM for turning fed money away & doing it on their own. & we should thank that family & all the rest of them for committing their lives to that project and making this world a more interesting place & providing us something beautiful to look at, not to mention the beautiful story behind it.
Truly amazing. I recommend everyone to see this & learn about it. -
Review from craig c.
Walnut Creek, CA
9/2/2009 1 photo
very impressive monument and should be taken in at the same time as Mt. Rushmore National Park.
This Monument is a completely privately funded operation and begun as a request by the Lakota Tribe to a single man that also worked at Mt. Rushmore.
The shops and museum are huge along with a fine cafe.
tip...leave a donation and grab a rock from the pile inside the museum, the sculptor's son brings the rocks down everyday from the dig site.
Also take the 4 dollar bus ride to the base of Crazy Horse you will get an up close view and a fun narratred ride with the bus driver.
must see #2 on my road trip.Listed in: plains state road trip
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Review from Daniel K.
8/11/2011
Awesome place to visit and actually like it just as much if not more than Mount Rushmore. I can't wait to see it if they finally finish it. The museum is also great.
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Review from vicky m.
8/13/2010
I love statues! The Crazy Horse Momument is incredibly impressive and when finished...I can only imagine. It's size alone blows your mind!!
To get into the monument area was this last summer $26 a carload. Because the family accepts no government funding, they need it .Privately owned.
There are lots of plans for the future. They do have a nice museum and gift shop now. Lots of cool things to look at. You could buy a trolley ride to get closer look(we didn't). If you get to this area-go. Your dollars will be well spent. You won't forget your visit and will get great pictures It's a work, a beautiful work, in progress.
It's a whistle blow from Mt Rushmore, just down the road actually, yet neither carving affects the vision of the other.
It's a great great place GO! take the family and start a traditional visit! -
Review from Paula W.
2/10/2009
Coming back to Crazy Horse 23 years after my initial trip, not much has changed with the monument itself. The group I was with did not wish to pay the admission to get inside but I could see from where we parked at the end of the road that the sculpture has not progressed much in all that time.
The story of the Ziolowski family is a pretty amazing one, but one that you can read about on the internet. From reading the other reviews I didn't miss much by not paying the admission and going inside. I would probably recommend doing the same. -
Review from Omar Z.
2/16/2010
Easy to describe but hard to fathom, any review of Crazy Horse Memorial can easily fall into hyperbole: The largest sculpture, the longest modern construction, the most expensive sightseeing stop, the slowest apparent progress, the craziest family. But we won't go there. Their promotional videos do enough of that.
The Crazy Horse Memorial is a Mountain Carving, Museum, University and (soon) Medical Center meant to honor and benefit the North American Indian. And yes, they use that word in South Dakota rather than "Native American". Suffice it to say that if you get it, you may become a life long fan, and if not....well...
The most fascinating thing to me about Crazy Horse Memorial is the evolution in technology used to carve a mountain since 1948 when Sculptor and Founder Korczak first put (literally) hammer to drill bit and blasted off the first ton of rock from the top of Crazy Horse's Head. Today, industry consultants are studying and mapping the macro structure of the rock with laser scanning, photography and state-of-the-art surveying techniques in order to figure out how best locate and stabilize a giant scaled up version of a 60 year old sculpture within a mountain.
Yes, the megabucks you pay at the entry gate are and have always been the primary source of funding for carrying out this work. Supplemented with recent fund raising, the Memorial is on the verge of building it's first University Campus building which will be operated in conjunction with the University of South Dakota.
To Hank C.s point...the mountain is just so large that one may actually not have noticed that approximately half a million tons have been blasted off in the last 20 years and the rate has been steadily increasing over this time frame. But how might one miss the fact that there is now a face up there where 20 years ago there was not?
Unlike Mt. Rushmore, you only see the face in profile from the road and visitor's center. That might be one reason. And things will be that way for many years to come until the blasting is complete and the university is fully built, allowing people to freely walk around the campus, up to and around the carving.
Be assured, folks. While idiotic rumors persist, work has NOT stopped on this mountain carving. If you are lucky, your visit will coincide with one of the weekly or semiweekly blasts on the Mountain. With the increase in funding, blasts are now amongst the largest in the carving's history! These days, blasts are frequently announced on twitter a day in advance and then counted down on the blast days.
For me, the last 20 years have been amongst the most exciting on the mountain and the next 20 will be even more so. Today, they are rough-carving the the Horse's Head. I expect that by 2015 actual finish work will commence on Crazy Horse's arm and the Horse's Head. This will be the beginning of the next "Golden Era" on the mountain.
The memorial, over the past 5 years has managed to raise an enormous amount of money. Expect the first building of the University (a dormitory) to be completed in the next year.
The Museum has never been all that impressive to me, coming across as more like a glorified gift shop. It just seems so...unacademic. And the cultural center....well, I struggle with it. On the one hand there are people with a great deal of pride and knowledge, such as the venerable Donovin Sprague, working there to guide you through the events happening. On the other hand it sometimes comes across as cultural commodification. For example, I just don't want to be told that there is a "dance" about to happen. I want something more informative and with perspective. When I ask what kind of dance, I am told "Indian Dance". Well, duh! Sigh....
And then there is the debate. Would Crazy Horse have abided his precious black hills being blast apart? A man who never allowed himself to be even photographed? Was Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear misguided when he asked that sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski carve a mountain so that "White Man would know that Red Man has great heroes also"?
I don't know. But now that it has started, I want to see it succeed. And the folks that work there are indeed very sincere about what they are doing. -
Review from Tiffany C.
Soquel, CA
8/25/2011
This is a must see! I had never heard of this. My Dad told me about it and as we drove up and saw Crazy Horse's head carved, I assumed this was the end of the carving! Wow, was I surprised!
I recommend spending an hour or three hours, so much to browse and see and the story is fascinating.
Take a pic with the indian in the artist's den...he's a cutie pie! -
Review from Red Tail H.
Sunnyvale, CA
6/30/2010
Skip.
I wanted to come here because one of the few memories I have of a cross-country camping trip with my family from the 1970's was of the scale model of Crazy Horse here.
From what I can tell, the only thing that's really changed from 1977 until now is that this has become even more of a tourist rip-off trap. The family was offered a large Federal Grant to keep this going, and turned it down in favor of charging $10/person to see the mountain from a distance. You can pay another $4/person to get closer - but without a better view - or $125+/person to get to the top.
No thanks. Once you're in, this place screams "Sucker!" at you while it tries to gut-punch you for your money. And the widow hasn't learned how to clean anything up - the artist's studio & various other rooms scream "I don't know how to get rid of anything that my dead husband has touched".
Maybe if it ever got finished, I'd think of coming back. Except I wouldn't - I'd let some other sucker take the picture, and I'd go look at it on Flickr or some other photo page. -
Review from Dan E.
Chicago, IL
2/28/2008 2 photos
Yes, there's the sculpture being carved out of a mountain but there's also a whole complex containing a welcome center for visitors, The Indian Museum of North America, The Native American Educational & Cultural Center and the sculptor's home and studio.
It's in stark contrast to Mount Rushmore which a few miles away. Its less garish and crowded and honors the indigenous peoples of the area. -
Review from James E.
Chicago, IL
6/17/2009
I LOVE this place. Seriously, this memorial will always stand out in my mind. I came here about 13 years ago and revisited just a few weeks ago. The scale of this carving is incredible, simply incredible.
Since I visited the first time, they've built a really neat museum that talks about all sorts of different aspects of First Nation culture. They also developed a theater and a few restaurants, it's a really neat spot.
If you're contemplating not paying the admission and just looking at it from afar, you're missing out. -
Review from Betsy W.
Osseo, MN
8/5/2011
Sorry, but we were underwhelmed by what clearly is a huge effort to incorporate all sorts of stuff via private donations except finishing the carving itself.
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Review from Tom H.
6/27/2011
I actually like this better than Mt. Rushmore. They have an informative video and the whole place is run by the family that started it all (with no government funding). They have bus tours to the base of the monument but you have to pay. Free for military (yes!)
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Review from Jon N.
San Francisco, CA
8/13/2008
They have a serious racket going on here. They charge $10 a head to get in, which you will realize is a ridiculous price when you consider that the entire experience is little more than a short movie and a far-off view of the mountain (not a whole lot better than what you can see from the road). Want a closer view of the mountain? Well, pony up the cash - only people who donate hundreds of dollars get the bus ride to the mountain. Compared to the other great things you can see in the Black Hills, Crazy Horse is way overpriced.
I'd say skip it, but since you're already in the area, I suppose it's a required stop just to say you went there. Tragic, really.
Apart from the view and the movie about the mountain's construction, most of the complex is taken up by a large gift shop and half-assed exhibits of Native-American stuff. Some of it is interesting, but after a while it just seems like they just put stuff in there so you don't feel like you just wasted all of your money coming here.
The whole experience is flirting dangerously with bad taste. Once you're done watching the, the rest of it just screams "tourist trap!" The signs pleading for donations, the massive amount of crap they have for sale, and the laughable way they tried to preserve the sculptor's house and shop: I thought I had been transported back to Graceland, possibly the ultimate tourist trap.
The worst thing, apart from the experience, is the agonizing pace of the memorial's progress. My parents took me here when I was in like 4th grade. I have now graduated from college - it still looks more or less the same. In the movie they try to justify the slow progress with some idealized notion of capitalism and the supposed virtue of constantly working on a never-ending project - but until it is done, it's an eyesore and an insult to the natural beauty of the mountain.
Go to Mount Rushmore to see the professional, tasteful way of operating a memorial. -
Review from Matt M.
Savage, MN
7/29/2011 1 Check-in Here
Last time I saw crazy horse was at least 25 years ago, a little different but progress us slow. We got to see them blow part of the mountain up.
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Review from Paul L.
1/3/2009 9 photos
You're familiar with the Greek myth of Sisyphus, right? He was a king whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to see it roll down again. He rolled that rock up again and again for eternity. Korczak Ziolkowski, the designer and original sculptor on this mountain, must have been a Sisyphean character on a grand scale. His actions were certainly not unrewarding, but they must have seemed endless.
Down the road at Mount Rushmore, Gutzon Borglum had an army of carvers, machinery, explosives and government money to help him tame a mountain, but Mr. Ziolkowski worked in almost solitary fashion with no government funding for the rest of his life. Would you have accepted that task?
His family carries on his mission and when the Crazy Horse memorial is complete, if this gargantuan sculpture is ever complete, it is expected to be the largest sculpture in the world. A visit to Crazy Horse is a testament to tenacity and the power of one individual to make a difference. -
Review from Warren J.
Wilmington, DE
6/8/2011 1 Check-in Here
One three must see things with the Badlands and Mount Rushmore.
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Review from Alden C.
Fort Collins, CO
12/31/2009
The Crazy Horse Memorial looks like it will be an enormous statue in the side of the hill when it is done. If memory serves they plan to also have a college here geared towards further education of Native American students. That is all well and good but as a Native American once told me to the effect that it is great to have a college for Native Americans but why such a big statue in the mountain? The mountain was fine as it was. Another white man project I guess. Like with all of the tourist places in the Rapid City area they will nickle and dime you to death to enter and this place is no exception.
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Review from Trevor F.
Cedar Rapids, IA
9/5/2010 1 Check-in Here
This place is pretty sweet, it is one of those places when you first see it, it is burnt into your memory forever. I prolly won't come back here until its finished or when I take my family there! This area is a great place for a family vacation or out door enthusist.
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Review from Kaitlyn D.
Tacoma, WA
1/3/2011
So, I think that this will be amazing. I think that this will be an awesome sight to see. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem like there is much to see. On my blitzkrieg across the US, we didn't have time to stop at the museum and see those, which I'm sure would have been fascinating and humbling and worth the entry fee. But driving to see the memorial, and seeing the brochure of the completed memorial, I was disappointed to see that it is not completed. It is not even near completion. There is a face and a hole where the armpit goes. You can see the drawing of the horse's face, but that's about it. I realize it probably takes a long time to complete but the first blast was in 1948. Over 60 years and there is only a face and armpit hole!
It cost $10 to go see it, my dad and I saw it and asked the guy if we could turn around. The guy in the booth sarcastically shouted "thanks for your donation to help complete it!" The donation would have gone to his salary and the cost of running the inside parts, and not put a dent in finishing the project.
Someone should light a fire over there and get it done. Then it will be a sight to see. -
Review from Deirdre P.
San Jose, CA
8/23/2010
Really impressive and worth the trip. They have a lot if nice pictures showing the evolution of the monument as it is a continual work in progress. I missed the laser show at night but seems like it might have been good.
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Review from Gabriel S.
Minneapolis, MN
3/18/2009
its great to see. Fun for kids and the family. I wish they would build it faster but its all being funded without gov asst. Great for kids to do a school paper on.
