Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Spring 2011, Vol. 8, No. 1
Black Hawk
Black Hawk – 1941 article, about the real Black Hawk
Source: Rockford Streamlined, by Rockford Chamber of Commerce, c. 1941, pages 46 and 47
Black Hawk War, The – Thomas S. Johnson
Story continues. Issues of Nuggets of History are available to Rockford Public Library’s Local History Dept.
Source: Nuggets of History, Vol. 45, No. 4, December 2007
Twenty Baseball Games in Parks Today and Next – 1915
Apple River Fort
Apple River Fort
311 E. Myrtle Street, Elizabeth, IL
815-858-2028 www.appleriverfort.org
Built in 1852 to defend against Chief Black Hawk and his army of Sauk and Fox
When Black Hawk and about 200 men attacked on June 24, 1852 about 45 settlers at the Fort
This was the Fort’s first and last action. The Fort was rebuilt in 1996
Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Summer 2010, Page 29
Black Hawk Statue Artwork
Source: Rock River Times, May 18-24, 2011 Vol. 18 No. 30
Black Hawk
Source: Rock River Times November 9-15, 2011 Vol. 19 No. 3
Black Hawk
Concrete statue designed by Loredo Taft 1910; 48 feet tall
A study in art and a feat of engineering; among Taft’s most important works.
Preservation advocate, Theodore W. Hild, authored nomination to National Historic Register.
Source: Historic Illinois Vol. 32, No 5, February 2010
Black Hawk
See also: www.appleriverfort.org
Apple River Fort State Historic Site, located in Elizabeth, Illinois, is the site of one of the battles fought during the Black Hawk War.
Black Hawk and his 200 warriors attacked the hastily erected fort on June 24, 1832.
Source: Northwest Quarterly Magazine, Summer 2010 p29
Black Hawk – Black Sparrow
977.33 C471p 1767 Past and Present of the City of Rockford and Winnebago County
Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Sparrow was born at Saukenuk in 1767
Sac Village on site of Rock Island
Band included mostly Sauk and Mesquakie (Fox) Indians.
Sauquenuk, the main village of Sauk, located where the Rock River enters the Mississippi at Rock Island
Peak population of over 3,000 inhabitants
In 1780 American forces burned Saukenuk to the ground.
Photo of statue at Hauberg Museum at Black Hawk Historic Site near Rock Island
Museum located in lodge constructed by CCC in 1934.
Below: Black Hawk’s main route; major battles indicated by stars.
Source: Northwest Quarterly, Fall 2006 P 74-81, 10 photographs; P 81 includes list of useful books.
Above: Statue in Oregon www.google.com/images