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The Eternal Indian, sometimes called the Black Hawk Statue, is a 48-foot (14.6 m) sculpture by Lorado Taft located in Lowden State Park, near the city of Oregon, Illinois. Dedicated in 1911, the statue is perched over the Rock River on a 77-foot (23.5 m) bluff overlooking the city.
Lowden State Park was one of eleven state parks slated to close indefinitely on November 1, 2008, due to budget cuts by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. [7] After delay, which restored funding for some of the parks, a proposal to close seven state parks and a dozen state historic sites, including Lowden, went ahead on November 30, 2008. [8]
Located on a bluff overlooking the Rock River valley, the sculpture is now known as the Black Hawk Statue, named after Black Hawk, a chief of the Sauk Indian tribe that once inhabited the area. The city of Oregon annexed nearby Daysville, Illinois, in 1993.
Black Hawk Statue Monument, aka Eternal Indian, Oregon, Illinois, 1911 The Solitude of the Soul , Art Institute of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois, 1911–1914 Columbus Fountain , in front of Washington Union Station , Washington, D.C., 1912
near Oregon, Illinois 42°2′03″N 89°19′59″W / 42.03417°N 89.33306°W / 42.03417; -89.33306 ( Black Hawk Statue (Lowden State Park near Oregon, Illinois concrete
Black Hawk Statue at Lowden State Park. In the summer of 1843, more than 50 years before the colony occupied the land, Margaret Fuller made her only visit to Oregon, Illinois. Walking along the east bank of the Rock River during her visit, she noticed the natural spring at the base of the bluff.
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