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2 unusual facts about Black Hawk


Black Hawk Down

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, the military helicopter used by the United States in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu

Black Hawk, Colorado

Development of the area down Clear Creek from the historic Black Hawk townsite lining State Highway 119 has flourished.


Ameristar Casinos

Ameristar's properties in Kansas City and St. Charles, Missouri, and Black Hawk, Colorado, benefitted from casino-related regulatory reform approved by voters in 2008-09.

Black Hawk War

The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict fought in 1832 between the United States and Native Americans headed by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader.

Herky the Hawk

Edwards proposed the nickname "Hawk-eyes" in 1838 to "...rescue from oblivion a memento, at least of the name of the old chief," Black Hawk.

Illinois Service

A new line, the Black Hawk to Dubuque, Iowa via Rockford, Freeport and Galena, based on a former service to Dubuque that ran from 1974 to 1981

Moneygall GAA

The President's entourage braved gale force winds to fly from the Phoenix Park in Dublin in two Chinook and two Black Hawk helicopters.

Senachwine

The Sons of the American Revolution chapter in Peoria, Illinois placed a bronze memorial plaque, engraved with his speech to Black Hawk pleading for peace prior to the Black Hawk War, at the supposed burial spot of Senachwine north of present-day Putnam County, Illinois on June 13, 1937.

Shah Wali Kot District

On August 16, 2012, the crash of an US Black Hawk occurred within the region, later claimed as an attack by Taliban forces.


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Apple River Fort

During the archaeological investigation at the site, Apple River Fort was found to display a nearly identical construction pattern to that of Fort Blue Mounds, another Black Hawk War frontier fort near present-day Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.

Black Hawk Powwow Grounds

The Black Hawk Powwow Grounds are located in Komensky, Wisconsin.

Black Hawk Tree

One version puts Black Hawk's presence in the tree during the 1790s, while another states it was after the conclusion of the 1832 Black Hawk War and involved a young Lieutenant Jefferson Davis.

Another version of the story held that one day, after his capture following the Black Hawk War, he was being escorted by Lieutenant Jefferson Davis and managed to escape.

Charlie Conacher

In return for Black Hawk Johnny Gottselig, whom Smythe coveted, Chicago asked for Conacher and star defenceman King Clancy for compensation, to which Smythe reportedly cabled that Santa Claus lived at the North Pole, not in Maple Leaf Gardens.

Fort Atkinson

Fort Koshkonong, a Black Hawk War fort in Wisconsin sometimes called Fort Atkinson

Gregory Sporleder

Sporleder spent the next 15 years again in minor supporting roles, in Being John Malkovich, Black Hawk Down, S.W.A.T., The Big Bounce, Hotel for Dogs, Andersonville and 17 Again.

Headbangers Open Air

July 24–26, 2008: Abandoned, At War, Axehammer, Beehler, Benedictum, Black Hawk, Blaze Bayley, Deadly Blessing, Death SS, Destructor, Détente, Exodus, Impaler, Lethal, Messenger, Mortal Sin, New Eden, Picture, Praying Mantis, Rebellion, Roxxcalibur, Sodom, Stone Cold Black, Sweet Savage, Wild Dogs

Jesup, Iowa

The school district includes the nearby unincorporated communities of Littleton, Wise, and Shady Grove in Buchanan County, and Barclay, Canfield, Jubileee, and Spring Creek in Black Hawk County.

Leroy Goldsworthy

Goldsworthy along with fellow Black Hawk Rosario Couture were charged with the task of identifying the body of teammate Jack Leswick after his body was pulled from the Assiniboine River in August 1934.

Naha Air Base

Naha AB currently hosts JASDF units flying modified F-15J/DJ fighter aircraft, Kawasaki T-4 trainers, UH-60J Black Hawk and CH-47J Chinook helicopters.

William Garrison

William F. Garrison, US general who commanded the operation depicted in the film Black Hawk Down

WVHT

The format shifted to classic country at 3:00 PM on April 10, 2003, after Black Hawk's Goodbye Says It All.