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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 is an Illinois state park on 207 acres (84 ha) in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. It is named for Governor Frank Orren Lowden, who served from 1917 to 1921, and is home to The Eternal Indian, a statue by Lorado Taft. Along with eleven other parks, it was briefly closed after budget cuts in 2008.
Lorado Zadok Taft (April 29, 1860 – October 30, 1936) was an American sculptor, writer and educator. [1] Part of the American Renaissance movement, his monumental pieces include, Fountain of Time, Spirit of the Great Lakes, and The Eternal Indian.
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Illinois. The list of names should be complete as ...
The Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives is seventh (behind the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and President of the Senate, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Illinois. [1] [2]
The 102nd Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois House and Illinois Senate, convened on January 13, 2021, [1] and adjourned sine die on January 10, 2023. Over that period, it was in session for a total of 112 days. [2] The membership of the 102nd General Assembly was decided by the 2020 elections. The election resulted in the ...
Tracy Katz Muhl is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 57th district. The 57th District includes parts of Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Glencoe, Glenview, Mount Prospect, Northbrook, Northfield, Riverwoods, Wheeling, Wilmette and Winnetka.
Illinois's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Democrats, and its 17 representatives: 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans. The current dean of the Illinois delegation is Senator Dick Durbin, having served in the Senate since 1997 and in Congress since 1983.