Illinois bought the nearly 200 acres now occupied by Black State Historic Site in 1927. The nonprofit that preserves the site is planning a centennial next year.
Entrance to the Sinissippi trail at Black Hawk State Historic Site on Wednesday, May 13.
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Scenes from Black Hawk State Historic Site on Wednesday, May 13.Â
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Sauk apparel in the Hauberg Museum on Wednesday, May 13.
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Scenes from the Hauberg Museum in Black Hawk State Historic Site on Wednesday, May 13.Â
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An exhibit at the Hauberg Museum at Black Hawk State Historic Site on Wednesday, May 13. The exhibit portrays Indigenous residents of Saukenuk and white settlers. By the 1820s, the Sauk and Meskwaki traded exclusively with the American Fur Company.Â
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Portraits of Black Hawk's great granddaughter Esther Wacole and her family line a display at the Hauberg Museum in Black Hawk State Historic Site. The photographs were taken when the family attended the opening of the museum in 1939.
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An exhibit at the Hauberg Museum at Black Hawk State Historic Site on Wednesday, May 13.Â
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A dug out canoe in the Hauberg Museum at Black Hawk State Historic Site on Wednesday, May 13. Julie Nelson, a site services specialist who directs the museum, said the canoe was found in 1934 in Rock Island.Â
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Illinois bought the approximately 200 acres to develop Black Hawk State Historic Site, then known as Black Hawk State Park, in 1927. Workers with the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal program, cleared six miles of trails, planted trees and built trail bridges. The site's main lodge was completed in 1942.
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Scenes at Black Hawk State Historic Site on Wednesday, May 13.Â
NINA BAKER
Scenes at Black Hawk State Historic Site on Wednesday, May 13.Â
