Black Hawk
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People
- Black Hawk (Sauk leader), a Sauk and Fox leader of the 19th century
- The Black Hawk WarBlack Hawk WarThe Black Hawk War was a brief conflict fought in 1832 between the United States and Native Americans headed by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos known as the "British Band" crossed the Mississippi River into the U.S....
, named after him.
- The Black Hawk War
- Black Hawk (artist)Black Hawk (artist)Black Hawk was a member of the Sans Arc or Itázipčho band of Lakota people. He is best known as an artist who, in 1880-1881, produced a set of seventy-six color ledger drawings of Lakota life for William Edward Caton, the federal "Indian trader" at the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation...
, a Sans Arc Lakota artist of the 19th century - Antonga Black HawkAntonga Black HawkAntonga, or Black Hawk , was a nineteenth-century war chief of the Ute Tribe in what is the present-day state of Utah. He led the Utes against Mormon settlers and gained alliances with Paiute and Navajo bands in the territory against them during what became known as the Black Hawk War in Utah...
, a Ute leader known to whites as "Black Hawk"- Black Hawk War (Utah)Black Hawk War (Utah)The Black Hawk War, or Black Hawk's War, from 1865 to 1872, is the name of the estimated 150 military engagement between Mormon settlers in the Four Corners region and members of the Ute, Paiute, Apache and Navajo tribes, led by a local Ute chief, Antonga Black Hawk...
of the 1860s, an Indian War named after him
- Black Hawk War (Utah)
Places
United States- Blackhawk, CaliforniaBlackhawk, CaliforniaBlackhawk is an unincorporated master planned community and census-designated place located in Contra Costa County, California, east of Danville and Oakland. The ZIP Code is 94506. The community is inside area code 925.-Blackhawk Ranch, 1917 to 1979:...
, in Contra Costa County - Blackhawk-Camino Tassajara, CaliforniaBlackhawk-Camino Tassajara, CaliforniaBlackhawk-Camino Tassajara is a former census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, near the town of Danville. The unincorporated area consisted of the Blackhawk country club area and the surrounding Camino Tassajara area. As of the 2000 census, the CDP's population was 10,048...
, a census-designated place that includes Blackhawk in Contra Costa County - Blackhawk Island, WisconsinBlackhawk Island, WisconsinBlackhawk Island is an unincorporated community located in the town of Koshkonong, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States....
, an unincorporated community - Black Hawk, ColoradoBlack Hawk, ColoradoThe historic City of Black Hawk is a Home Rule Municipality located in Gilpin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 118 at U.S. Census 2000, making Black Hawk the least populous city in Colorado...
- Black Hawk, MississippiBlack Hawk, MississippiBlack Hawk is an unincorporated community located in Carroll County, Mississippi, approximately southeast of Greenwood, Mississippi on Mississippi Highway 430 and approximately north of Acona.Black Hawk is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area...
- Black Hawk County, IowaBlack Hawk County, Iowa-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 131,090 in the county, with a population density of . There were 55,887 housing units, of which 52,470 were occupied.-2000 census:...
- Black Hawk BridgeBlack Hawk BridgeThe Black Hawk Bridge spans the Mississippi River, joining the town of Lansing, in Allamakee County, Iowa, to rural Crawford County, Wisconsin. It is the northernmost Mississippi River bridge in Iowa....
, a bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin - Black Hawk CollegeBlack Hawk CollegeBlack Hawk College is a community college with campuses located in the city of Moline and near Kewanee, Illinois.-History:Black Hawk College is a community college with campuses located in Moline and in Galva, Illinois...
, located in Moline, Illinois - Black Hawk PurchaseBlack Hawk PurchaseThe Black Hawk Purchase, sometimes called the Forty-Mile Strip or Scott's Purchase, was a land acquisition made in what is now Iowa by the United States federal government. The land, originally owned by the Sauk, Meskwaki , and Ho-Chunk Native American people, was acquired by treaty following...
, a historical region of Iowa - Blackhawk Farms RacewayBlackhawk Farms RacewayBlackhawk Farms is a private circuit racetrack located outside South Beloit, Illinois, on a farm on the border between Wisconsin and Illinois. Blackhawk Farms was established in 1967, about a decade after nearby Road America.-History:...
, a race track in northern Illinois
Lakes
United States- Black Hawk Lake (Madera County, California), a reservoir in Madera County, CaliforniaMadera County, CaliforniaMadera County is a county of the U.S. state of California, located in the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada north of Fresno County. It comprises the Madera-Chowchilla, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census the population was 150,865...
- Black Hawk Lake (Tuolumne County, California), a lake in Tuolumne County, CaliforniaTuolumne County, CaliforniaTuolumne County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The northern half of Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,365, up from 54,501 at the 2000 census...
- Black Hawk Lake (Sac County, Iowa)Black Hawk Lake (Sac County, Iowa)Black Hawk Lake is a natural glacially-formed lake measuring in area in Sac County, Iowa, at the eastern edge of the city of Lake View, Iowa in Viola and Wall Lake Townships. It exits through the oddly named "Ditch No. 57" to Indian Creek, a tributary of the North Raccoon River...
, a glacial lake in Sac County, Iowa - Black Hawk Lake (Iowa County, Wisconsin), a glacial lake in Iowa County, WisconsinIowa County, WisconsinIowa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 22,780. Its county seat and largest city is Dodgeville.Iowa County is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...
Vehicles
- USS Black HawkUSS Black HawkUSS Black Hawk may refer to:, a tinclad Gunboat built as the New Uncle Sam. Sold to U.S. Navy in 1862 and commissioned as USS Uncle Sam then renamed USS Black Hawk....
, the name of four United States vessels - Black Hawk (Amtrak train), a passenger train between Chicago and Dubuque, Iowa
- Black Hawk (CB&Q train), a passenger train between Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
- Two types of helicopters manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft:
- Sikorsky S-67 BlackhawkSikorsky S-67 BlackhawkThe Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk was a private-venture, prototype attack helicopter built in 1970 with Sikorsky Aircraft R&D funds. A tandem, two-seat aircraft designed around the dynamic drive and rotor systems of the Sikorsky S-61, it was designed to serve as an attack helicopter or to transport up to...
, a prototype attack helicopter - Sikorsky UH-60 Black HawkSikorsky UH-60 Black HawkThe UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-lift utility helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System competition in 1972...
, a utility helicopter
- Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk
- Stutz BlackhawkStutz BlackhawkThe Stutz Blackhawk was an American luxury car manufactured from 1971 through 1987. The Stutz Motor Company was revived in August 1968 by New York banker James O'Donnell. Virgil Exner designed the car, which was prototyped by Ghia at a cost over US$300,000. The Blackhawk debuted in January 1970...
, a make of car - Blackhawk the name of a Carr SpecialCarr Special-External links:*...
racing aircraft of the 1930's
Sports
- Chicago BlackhawksChicago BlackhawksThe Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
, a team in the National Hockey League - Atlanta Blackhawks, an American soccer team
- San Francisco Bay BlackhawksSan Francisco Bay BlackhawksSan Francisco Bay Blackhawks was a professional soccer team which came into existence in 1989 as a team in the Western Soccer League . The Blackhawks spent time in the American Professional Soccer League and the United States Interregional Soccer League...
, a soccer team in the USA - The Atlanta HawksAtlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
, previously known as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks - Waterloo Black Hawks, a junior hockey team in the USA
- Iowa BlackhawksIowa BlackhawksThe Council Bluffs Express formerly known as the Iowa Blackhawks are an indoor football team in the American Professional Football League. They have been around since 2004...
, an indoor football team in the USA - Plattling Black HawksPlattling Black HawksThe Plattling Black Hawks are an American football team from Plattling, Germany. The club was, until 2004, known as the Deggendorf Black Hawks....
, an American football club from Plattling, Germany
Media and other uses
- Black Hawks, several birds of prey in the genus ButeogallusButeogallusButeogallus is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. All members of this genus are essentially Neotropical, but the distribution of a single species extends slightly into extreme southern USA. Most are known as black-hawks or mangrove-hawks...
- Blackhawk (comics)Blackhawk (comics)Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...
, an aviator comic book hero and leader of a team named Blackhawks- Blackhawk (radio)Blackhawk (radio)Blackhawk was a 1950 ABC radio series adapted from the long-run Blackhawk comic book about the team of adventurous World War II aviators....
, a 1950 ABC radio series based on the comic book - Blackhawk (serial)Blackhawk (serial)Blackhawk is a Columbia movie serial based on the comic book Blackhawk published by Quality Comics at the time. The serial's subtitle was "Fearless Champion of Freedom". It was the studio's 49th serial....
, a 1952 Columbia serial based on the comic book
- Blackhawk (radio)
- Blackhawk (UK comic)Blackhawk (UK comic)Blackhawk was a Tornado comic strip created by Gerry Finley-Day that was one of three strips to transfer to 2000 AD after the two merged.-Plot synposis:...
, a Tornado/2000 AD comic book character - Blackhawk FilmsBlackhawk FilmsBlackhawk Films, from the 1950s through the early 1980s, marketed motion pictures on 16mm, 8mm and Super 8 film. Most were vintage one- or two-reel short subjects, usually comedies starring Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and other famous comedy series of the past....
, a distributor of vintage short-subject films and newsreels - Black Hawk HotelBlack Hawk HotelThe Black Hawk Hotel is an historic building located in downtown Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002....
, Cedar Falls, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in IowaNational Register of Historic Places listings in Black Hawk County, IowaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Black Hawk County, Iowa.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States... - Blackhawk HotelBlackhawk HotelThe Blackhawk Hotel is an eleven-story brick and terra cotta building located in Downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States. It has returned to its original name Hotel Blackhawk. The hotel is located next to the north building of the RiverCenter, Davenport's convention center, and across the street...
, Davenport, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa - Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern WarBlack Hawk Down: A Story of Modern WarBlack Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War is a 1999 book by Mark Bowden that chronicles the United States Army Rangers, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and UN forces attempt to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid in Mogadishu and the...
, a book by Mark Bowden- Black Hawk Down (film), a Ridley Scott movie based on the Mark Bowden book
- Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, a videogame
- Blackhawk (band)Blackhawk (band)Blackhawk is an American country music group founded in 1992 by Henry Paul , Van Stephenson , and Dave Robbins...
, a country music band- Blackhawk (album)Blackhawk (album)Blackhawk is the first studio album by the American country music group Blackhawk. Released in 1994 on Arista Nashville, it was certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for shipping two million copies. The album produced the singles "Goodbye Says It All", "Every Once in a While", "I Sure Can...
, the band's debut album
- Blackhawk (album)
- Black Hawk StatueBlack Hawk StatueThe Black Hawk Statue, or The Eternal Indian, is a sculpture by Lorado Taft located in Lowden State Park which is near the city of Oregon, Illinois. The statue is perched over the Rock River on a 77 foot bluff overlooking the city.-History:...
, a statue originally named The Eternal Indian by sculptor Lorado Taft - BlackthorneBlackthorneBlackthorne is a computer and video game, a cinematic platformer, that was developed by Blizzard Entertainment....
, a video game known as "Blackhawk" in Europe - The Black Hawk (nightclub)Black Hawk (nightclub)The Black Hawk was a San Francisco nightclub which featured live jazz performances during its period of operation from 1949 to 1963. It was located on the corner of Turk Street and Hyde Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin District. Guido Caccienti owned the club along with Johnny and Helen...
, a jazz venue once located in San Francisco's Tenderloin District - Blackhawk NetworkBlackhawk NetworkBlackhawk Network or Blackhawk is a worldwide gift card distribution network owned by Safeway Inc. responsible for the sales and activation of prepaid gift cards, prepaid credit cards and prepaid debit cards. Blackhawk is in the process of phasing in an Automated Clearing House payment system,...
, a worldwide giftcard distribution network - The Ruger BlackhawkRuger BlackhawkThe Ruger Blackhawk is a 6-shot or 8-shot, single-action revolver manufactured by Sturm, Ruger. It is produced in a variety of finishes, calibers, and barrel lengths.-History:In the early 1950s, Westerns were popular in movies and television...
, a single action revolver - Blackhawks are a type of sentient biological spaceship in Peter F. HamiltonPeter F. HamiltonPeter F. Hamilton is a British author. He is best known for writing space opera. As of the publication of his tenth novel in 2004, his works had sold over two million copies worldwide.- Biography :...
's fictional The Night's Dawn TrilogyThe Night's Dawn TrilogyBritish author Peter F. Hamilton's The Night's Dawn Trilogy consists of three science fiction novels: The Reality Dysfunction , The Neutronium Alchemist , and The Naked God...
. - Blackhawk (restaurant)Blackhawk (restaurant)The Blackhawk was a restaurant in the Chicago Loop from 1920 to 1984. It served a menu of American cuisine, notably prime rib and a signature "spinning salad bowl," and was, in the early part of its history a nationally known entertainment venue for Big Band music...
, a restaurant and supper club in Chicago from 1920–1984 and Wheeling from 1969-2009. - Blackhawk (tools)Blackhawk (tools)Blackhawk by Proto—casually and traditionally known simply as Blackhawk—is an American brand of hand tools. It is currently a sub-brand of the Proto division of the Stanley Black & Decker.- History :...
, a brand of the Stanley WorksStanley WorksStanley Black & Decker , formerly known as The Stanley Works, is a manufacturer of tools and hardware and provider of security products and locks headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut... - HM-15 "Blackhawks"HM-15Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Nicknamed the "Blackhawks" and flying the MH-53E Sea Dragon, it is staffed by both active duty and reserve personnel...
, a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron.