A piece of the largest sculpture in the world came to Deadwood 75 years ago this week. Made of material blasted from the Crazy Horse Memorial, a granite bust of Wild Bill Hickok by Korczak Ziolkowski was unveiled before thousands.
Born in Boston in 1908, Ziolkowski worked as a carpenter in a local shipyard, where he learned the skills necessary to become a carver. Initially working in wood, he made his first marble sculpture in 1932, honoring the death of a Boston judge that Ziolkowski had known as a child.
Original reporting: The Dakota Scout (Sioux Falls) — read the source article.
