Oregon Illinois collection Lowden State Park statue faucon noir carte postale ancienne indienne

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This is a vintage postcard. Black Hawk Statue at Eagles Nest Bluff in Lowden State Park one mile north of Oregon Illinois. This statue as conceived and completed by Lorado Taft the famous sculptor represents an idealization of the Indian American who once enjoyed the Rock River Valley as his own and left it in sorrow. The figure commonly called Black Hawk stands 48 feet in height and stands 300 feet above the bed of the Rock River. Taft built it on this site with little help beyond his own used in the construction was 268 tons of cement. Lorado Taft and Governor Lowden dedicated the statue July 4 1911. In 1944 it became the property of the State of Illinois. Photography by Henry Brueckner. Pub. by Color-View Inc. Rockford Ill. 120980