Borglum moved to the Silvermine neighborhood of New Canaan, Connecticut, where he helped found the "Knockers Club" of artists.
His brother, Gutzon, lived in nearby Stamford, Connecticut from 1910 to 1920.

Borglum married in 1898, and he and his wife, Emma, spent the summer of 1899 at the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota.
Though he later lived in Paris and New York City and achieved a reputation as one of America's notable sculptors, it was his depictions of frontier life, and especially his experience with cowboys and Native American peoples, which was the basis of his reputation.
In 1911, Borglum was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.

In 1920, he established the American School of Sculpture in New York City.
and ran the school and gave many lectures on art until his death after an appendectomy complicated by his war wounds  in January 1922.
His legacy was carried on by his wife Emma until her death in 1934, at which point his daughter Monica and her husband, A. Mervyn Davies, oversaw the exhibition of his artwork.
In 1974 they published his biography Solon H. Borglum: A Man Who Stands Alone.

Borglum's papers are held at the Archives of American Art, and the Library of Congress.
Borglum moved to the Silvermine neighborhood of New Canaan, Connecticut, where he helped found the "Knockers Club" of artists. His brother, Gutzon, lived in nearby Stamford, Connecticut from 1910 to 1920.
Borglum married in 1898, and he and his wife, Emma, spent the summer of 1899 at the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota. Though he later lived in Paris and New York City and achieved a reputation as one of America's notable sculptors, it was his depictions of frontier life, and especially his experience with cowboys and Native American peoples, which was the basis of his reputation. In 1911, Borglum was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.
In 1920, he established the American School of Sculpture in New York City. and ran the school and gave many lectures on art until his death after an appendectomy complicated by his war wounds  in January 1922. His legacy was carried on by his wife Emma until her death in 1934, at which point his daughter Monica and her husband, A. Mervyn Davies, oversaw the exhibition of his artwork. In 1974 they published his biography Solon H. Borglum: A Man Who Stands Alone.
Borglum's papers are held at the Archives of American Art, and the Library of Congress.
Solon Borglum