Black Hawk, also spelled Blackhawk, is an unincorporated community located in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km)...
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free dictionary. Black Hawk and Blackhawk may refer to: Black Hawk (horse), a Morgan horse that lived from 1833 to 1856 Common black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus...
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"British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, to the U.S. state of Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous...
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Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (Sauk: Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa) (1767 – October 3, 1838), was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what...
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The Black Hawk Bridge spans the Mississippi River, joining the town of Lansing, in Allamakee County, Iowa, to rural Crawford County, Wisconsin. It is...
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9; -90.4 The Black Hawk Purchase, also known as the Forty-Mile Strip or Scott's Purchase, extended along the West side of the Mississippi River from the...
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The Black Hawk State Historic Site, in Rock Island, Illinois, is adjacent to the historic site of the village of Saukenuk, the home of a band of Native...
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British Band (redirect from Black Hawk's Band of 1832)
warriors. Black Hawk had an alliance with the British that dated from the War of 1812, giving them their colloquial name. The band crossed the Mississippi River...
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Chicago Blackhawks name and logo controversy (category Black Hawk (Sauk leader))
which took his homelands and called for removal west of the Mississippi River. In 1832, Black Hawk led an armed party of Sacs, Meskwakis (Foxes), Kickapoos...
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Battle of Bad Axe (category Battles and skirmishes of the Black Hawk War in Wisconsin)
return west of the Mississippi River. Angered by the loss of his birthplace, Black Hawk led a number of incursions across the Mississippi River into Illinois...
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the best interests of other tribes affected, Black Hawk led a number of incursions across the Mississippi River beginning in 1830. Each time, he was persuaded...
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The 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident, sometimes referred to as the Black Hawk Incident, was a friendly fire incident over northern Iraq that occurred...
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Hugh M. Arant (category Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives)
member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972. Hugh Miller Arant was born on November 22, 1927, in Black Hawk, Mississippi. He served...
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Tornado outbreak of March 24–27, 2023 (redirect from 2023 Mississippi tornado)
Rolling Fork EF4 and Black Hawk EF3 tornadoes, caused major damage in or near the communities of Egypt, New Wren, and Amory in Mississippi. The tornado first...
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The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada...
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Battle of Wisconsin Heights (category Battles and skirmishes of the Black Hawk War in Wisconsin)
vacated their lands in Illinois and moved west of the Mississippi in 1828. However, Sauk Black Hawk and others disputed the treaty, claiming that the full...
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hawk include: big blue darter, chicken hawk, flying cross, hen hawk, quail hawk, striker, and swift hawk. Many of the names applied to Cooper's hawks...
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Battle of Stillman's Run (category Battles and skirmishes of the Black Hawk War in Illinois)
engagement was the first battle of the Black Hawk War (1832), which developed after Black Hawk crossed the Mississippi River from Iowa into Illinois with...
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The Chicago Black Hawks were an all-African American professional football team established in 1928 by Fritz Pollard (who was also the team's quarterback...
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Kite (bird) (redirect from Kite hawk)
Rostrhamus and Helicolestes form a clade with the black-collared hawk (Busarellus) and the crane hawk (Geranospiza). As early as 1882, Anton Reichenow...
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USS Black Hawk was a large steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was assigned by the Union Navy to gunboat duty in the...
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Mississippi Valley Council is headquartered in Quincy, Illinois, and is served by Black Hawk Lodge, Order of the Arrow. This council serves Scouts in Illinois...
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Fitzgeralds may refer to: Fitzgeralds Black Hawk in Black Hawk, Colorado Fitzgeralds Las Vegas, now The D Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada Fitzgeralds Reno...
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Fort Armstrong (Illinois) (category Black Hawk War forts)
agreed to cede to the US the lands they occupied east of the Mississippi River. Black Hawk, two of his sons, and other Sac and Fox warriors had been taken...
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kite Mississippi kite Bald eagle Hen harrier Sharp-shinned hawk Cooper's hawk Northern goshawk Red-shouldered hawk Broad-winged hawk Swainson's hawk Red-tailed...
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December 28, 2023. Hale, Ruth. "Mississippi County". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved December 28, 2023. Hale, Ruth. "Black Hawk War of 1872". Encyclopedia...
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USS Black Hawk (MHC-58) was the eighth ship of Osprey-class coastal mine hunters. She was commissioned 11 May 1996 and decommissioned 1 December 2007....
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guard post to control traffic on the Mississippi and maintain watch over the local Native Americans. Black Hawk wrote in his memoir: "When we arrived...
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Carrollton Schlater Sidon Vaiden Avalon Black Hawk Coila McCarley Minter City Money Swiftown Teoc, Mississippi As of the census of 2000, there were 48...
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I-90 Mississippi River Bridge – Connects La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Winona County, Minnesota, located just south of Lock and Dam No. 7. Black Hawk Bridge –...
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