Saving the Black Hawk Statue in Illinois

From the U.S. News & World Report  "Groups trying to save Northern Illinois' Black Hawk statue"  AP.

The 48-foot tall, 270 ton landmark located on a bluff in Lowden State Park on the Rock River is getting very old and in need of repairs.  Since five years ago, it has been covered in black protective sheets because of a lack of state funding and disagreements between groups working to preserve it.

Before being covered up it was quite a tourist attraction, drawing 400,000 visitors a year.  That number is down considerably.

Famed sculptor Lorado Taft made the Eternal Indian statue and it was dedicated in 1911 and listed on the NRHP in 2001.

It is most commonly called Black Hawk or the Rock River Collossus.

--DaCoot