Photograph
Black Hawk Tree
| The Black Hawk Tree growing in the middle of the street, now East Black Hawk Avenue. There are houses on the left and the road is lined with trees planted in neat rows. There is snow on the ground. According to legend, Chief Black Hawk hid in the branches of this tree for three days during the Black Hawk War. The tree was destroyed in a storm in the 1920's. |
| Image ID: | 36759 |
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| Creation Date: | |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Prairie du Chien |
| County: | Crawford |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Black Hawk Tree photographs, 1893-1920 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2481 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 6.5 inches |
| This image was published in R. Bruce Allison's 1982 book Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees, p. 110 and also in the 2005 second edition of that book, retitled Every Root an Anchor, p. 100. |
| Snow |
| Sauk Indians |
| War |
| Roads |
| Trees |
| Architecture, Domestic |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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