No, this one is not to those gallant guys who play on the ice at the United Center in Chicago. This one is the 50-foot tall one overlooking the Rock River.
Back in 2009, it was coming close to being placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The week before, the Illinois Historical Sites Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend it (one of the steps necessary for inclusion on the list.
It was then sent to the National Register office for a 4-5 week review.
The statue is located on a bluff of the Lowden Memorial; State Park north of the town of Oregon.
sadly, the statue is in need of repair. Cracks are appearing in it; the last major repairs having been done 20 years earlier. Chicago artist Lorado Taft designed it in 1910 and completed it in 1911 to honor Indians, but it is more commonly known as Black Hawk
The Oregon Chamber of Commerce estimates that it draws 400,000 visitors annually. We've seen it several times.
Still On sentinel Duty. --Cooter
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