The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city was named for S.M. Rushmore, an early pioneer. The town owes its existence to the construction of the Worthington and Sioux Falls Railway, and the desire of a New York capitalist to establish a land colonization scheme in southwestern Minnesota. When the Worthington and Sioux Falls Railway was initially surveyed, it was decided to construct a station house in section 19 of Dewald Township. The station house was Named Miller Station, in honor of ex-governor Stephen Miller, and for two years it had no inhabitants. In 1878, George I. Seney, a New York capitalist, secured control of large plots of railroad land in Dewald and Olney Townships. He immediately began the process of colonizing the lands, bringing out settlers from New York City and other eastern points. On May 27, 1878, a Mr. S. M. Rushmore arrived in Worthington along with his family, and immediately took a train for M…
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rushmore’s history is told.
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Nothing in Rushmore is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rushmore has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Church of St. Adrian-Catholic in Adrian, 6.8 miles away.
Rushmore and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.