Chief Black Hawk Statue
Chief Black Hawk Statue is a historic site in Iowa, at a modelled elevation of 374 m. Mount Moses stands 409 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake View Historical Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway passes 16 miles off. 135 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
The Chief Black Hawk Statue is a sculpture of Black Hawk in Lake View, Iowa, United States. Sac County is named for the Sauk people, Sac being a variant of Sauk. Lake View is located on Black Hawk Lake, which is named after the renowned Sauk war leader. These names came about as Euro-Americans had a tendency to romanticize Native American peoples who they vanquished in the process of westward expansion. Because neither the county nor the lake were within the Sauk people's territory, it is doubtful that they or Black Hawk ever visited this area. Dr. E.E. Speaker and the Lake View Commercial Club sought to have the statue created in 1932 in conjunction with the effort to establish Black Hawk State Park on the shore of what was then named Wall Lake. Harry E. Stinson, a sculptor and associate professor at the University of Iowa, was chosen to create the statue. After choosing Crescent Park as the location of the statue, Stinson created a 3-foot (0.91 m) model based on the body of a university student and the face of Moses Slick, a Native American from Tama, Iowa. The project became the foundation for the Public Works of Art Project in Iowa, which was funded by the Civil Works Administration, a New Deal program during the Great Depression. Based on this project, the University of Iowa created guidelines for other towns in the state who wanted to participate in the program. The city of Lake View also contributed to the effort, and the Civilian Conservation Corps prepared and landscaped the site. The statue was dedicated on September 3, 1934, Labor Day, in a ceremony where the name of the lake was changed from Wall Lake to Black Hawk Lake. The finished statue is slightly different from the model with the features being narrower and sharper. It references Charles Bird King's painting of Black Hawk from in 1837. The statue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
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Dates from 1934.
Wikidata Q28124945, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 16.3 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
135 named places within 25 miles
- Black Hawk State Park Campground: 1.7 mi
- Hagge County Park: 5.7 mi
- South Park: 7.6 mi
- Grant County Park: 8.1 mi
- Cattail Cove: 8.3 mi
- Black Hawk Lake: 1.0 mi
- Tomahawk Marsh Waterfowl Production Area: 3.2 mi
- Sac County Waterfowl Production Area: 3.3 mi
- Jana Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
- Sac City Access: 7.3 mi
- Lake View Historical Museum: 0.1 mi
- Lake View Museum: 0.6 mi
- Sac County Historical Museum: 8.2 mi
- Odebolt Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
- Historic Central School: 16.0 mi
- War Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Victory Arch: 24.5 mi
- Bald Eagle Nest: 1.1 mi
- World's Largest Popcorn Ball: 8.2 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 22.3 mi
- Casino Beach: 23.9 mi
- Memorial Statue: 8.3 mi
- Mount Moses: 17.6 mi
- Kolb Memorial Garden: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chief Black Hawk Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Moses | SSE 151° | 409 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:18 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:06 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 22 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAC City, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 00000532OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Chief Black Hawk Statue, reference 00000532, listed 05/26/00.
OpenStreetMap element node/4723616344
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