<P> The mountain's lower slopes are wooded . The rare Georgia oak was first discovered at the summit, and several specimens can easily be found along the walk - up trail and in the woods around the base of the mountain . In the fall, the extremely rare Confederate yellow daisy (Helianthus porteri) flowers appear on the mountain, growing in rock crevices and in the large wooded areas . </P> <P> The largest bas - relief sculpture in the world, the Confederate Memorial Carving depicts three Confederate leaders of the Civil War: President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (and their favorite horses, "Blackjack", "Traveller", and "Little Sorrel", respectively). The entire carved surface measures 1.57 acres (6,400 m). The carving of the three men towers 400 feet (120 m) above the ground, measures 76 by 158 feet (23 by 48 m), and is recessed 42 feet (13 m) into the mountain . The deepest point of the carving is at Lee's right elbow, which is 12 feet (3.7 m) to the mountain's surface . </P> <P> The carving was conceived by Mrs. C. Helen Plane, a charter member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). The Venable Brothers, owners of the mountain, deeded the north face of the mountain to the UDC in 1916 . The UDC was given 12 years to complete a sizable Civil War monument . Gutzon Borglum was commissioned to do the carving . Borglum abandoned the project in 1925 (and later went on to begin Mount Rushmore). The US Mint issued a 1925 Commemorative silver US half dollar, along with the words "Stone Mountain" as part of a fundraiser for the monument . American sculptor Augustus Lukeman continued until 1928, when further work stopped for thirty years . In 1958, at the urging of Governor Marvin Griffin, the Georgia legislature approved a measure to purchase Stone Mountain for $1,125,000 . In 1963, Walker Hancock was selected to complete the carving, and work began in 1964 . The carving was completed by Roy Faulkner, who later operated a museum (now closed) on nearby Memorial Drive commemorating the carving's history . The carving was completed on March 3, 1972 . An extensive archival collection related to the project is now at Emory University, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1915 to 1930; the' finding aid' provides a history of the project, and an index of the papers contained in the collection . </P> <P> The revival of the Ku Klux Klan was emboldened by the release of D.W. Griffith's Klan - glorifying film The Birth of a Nation, and coincided with the August 1915 lynching of Leo Frank . On November 25 of the same year, a small group, including fifteen robed and hooded "charter members" of the new organization, met at Stone Mountain to create a new iteration of the Klan . They were led by William J. Simmons, and included two elderly members of the original Klan . As part of their ceremony, they burned a crude cross . </P>

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