Houston-based sculptor David Adickes first went to visit Mount Rushmore in the early nineties.
The sight bedazzled him, but also disappointed him because the heads were high up and inaccessible.
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Adickes used polystyrene and plaster to create moulds in his studio in Texas.
White Portland cement was then poured into the moulds to create 43 heads of as many presidents.
President Abraham Lincoln’s bust graces the Lincoln RV Park on U.S. 85 south of Williston, North Dakota.
Hankins was asked to destroy the busts before the land could be auctioned off.
They now lie in Hankins property.
The relocation has damaged nearly all of the busts broken noses, missing backsides and other structural issues.
Hankins is now working with a couple of local governments to find a good site to rebuild the museum.
The Presidents Park in Williamsburg, Virginia, before it was closed.
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Busts at the Presidents Park in Houston, Texas.
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Sources:Smithsonian/Independent
