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Recreation and Re-creation |
The original Sheridan Hotel was built in 1895 in Telluride Colorado. Two years later a three-story structure was built just east of it, and that building was called the New Sheridan Hotel. The New Sheridan was the site of William Jennings Bryan “Cross of Gold” speech. In 1906 the original hotel burned and in 1994 ( a mere 86 years later) it was recontructed. The early photo was taken in 1899.
Located 46 miles southwest of Rapid City S.D., Crazy Horse Memorial was begun in 1948 by Korczak Zuiolkowski. Everything he needed he carried up 700+ steps to the mountain top. He continued to work on it until his death in 1982 when his wife Ruth and seven of their ten children took over. In spite of two $5,000,000 offers from the Federal Government, no government funds have ever been used in the 65 years of the Memorial’s existence. These pictures show it on the day of the first blast in 1948 followed by a 1957 view.
The Memorial is the world’s largeest mountain carving and will measure 641 feet long and 563 feet high. The 1969 picture shows progress compared to the scale model as does the current photo. Click current photo to enlarge.
Here is a face picture taken atop the mountain in 1990 with considerable progress shown in the second photo.
This is an undated ariel view along with a current perspective taken from the ground.
Finally, the pictures below show a comparison of the day of the first blast with an overlay showing an outline of the completed memorial.
The Welcome Page can be slow to load so some people may have missed the Glacier Point comparisons. Access to the Point was available when this picture was taken in 1898 but it takes PhotoShop to be in the picture now.
One step and it is a mile down to Yosemite Valley. These 3-D images are from 1893-1904 (click to enlarge).
Prior to shipping out, soldiers gather at Glacier Point overlooking Half Dome.
This is one of the largest Sequoias in Mariposa Grove, and it is estimated to be 1800 years old. Galen Clark was the first to count the trees and became their guardian for fifty years. He is seen in front of the Grizzly Giant in an undated postcard shortly before his death in 1909.
