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  1. Black Hawk

    Black Hawk or Blackhawk , Blackhawks may refer to People Black Hawk Sauk leader , a Sauk and Fox leader of the 19th century The Black Hawk War , named after him. Black Hawk artist , a Sans Arc Lakota artist of the 19th century Antonga Black Hawk , a Ute leader known to whites as Black Hawk Black Hawk ... Costa County Black Hawk, Colorado Blackhawk, Mississippi Black Hawk County, Iowa Black Hawk Bridge , a bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin Black Hawk College , located in Moline, Illinois Black Hawk Purchase , a historical region of Iowa Blackhawk Farms Raceway , a race track in northern Illinois Lakes Black Hawk Lake Madera County, California , a reservoir in Madera County, California Black Hawk Lake Tuolumne County, California , a lake in Tuolumne County, California Black Hawk Lake Sac County, Iowa , a glacial lake in Sac County, Iowa Black Hawk Lake Iowa County, Wisconsin , a glacial lake in Iowa County, Wisconsin Vehicles USS Black Hawk USS Black Hawk , the name of four United States vessels Black Hawk Amtrak train Black Hawk Amtrak train , a passenger train between Chicago and Dubuque, Iowa Black Hawk CB&Q train Black Hawk CB&Q train , a passenger train ... by Sikorsky Aircraft Sikorsky S 67 Blackhawk , an attack helicopter UH 60 Black Hawk , a utility ... films and newsreels Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War , a book by Mark Bowden Black Hawk Down film Black Hawk Down film , a Ridley Scott movie based on the Mark Bowden book Delta Force Black ... s debut album Black Hawk Statue , a statue originally named The Eternal Indian by sculptor Lorado Taft Blackthorne , a video game known as Blackhawk in Europe The Black Hawk nightclub , a jazz ... Black Hawk fr Black Hawk nl Black Hawk ja pl Black Hawk pt Black Hawk tr Black Hawk vo Blackhawk ... in the USA The Atlanta Hawks , previously known as the Tri Cities Blackhawks Waterloo Black Hawks , a junior hockey team in the USA Iowa Blackhawks , an indoor football team in the USA Plattling Black ...   more details



  1. USS Black Hawk

    USS Black Hawk may refer to USS Black Hawk 1848 , 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 . USS Black Hawk 1904 , a passenger liner originally the Rhaetia . Seized by US Army in 1917 and renamed Black Hawk . USS Black Hawk AD 9 , Black Hawk class destroyer tender 1913 to 1947. USS Black Hawk MHC 58 , an Osprey class minehunter coastal. References DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs b6 list.htm Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Black Hawk Category United States Navy ship names nl USS Black Hawk pl USS Black Hawk ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk Down

    Black Hawk Down is the name of several things all based on the Battle of Mogadishu 1993 1993 Battle of Mogadishu . The term may therefore refer to battle of dog Black Hawk Down book Black Hawk Down book , a 1999 book by Mark Bowden Black Hawk Down film Black Hawk Down film , a 2001 film adaptation of Mark Bowden s book, directed by Ridley Scott Black Hawk Down soundtrack Black Hawk Down soundtrack , a 2001 score accompanying the film Delta Force Black Hawk Down , a 2003 action game based on the events in Somalia Blackhawk Down , a song on the 2000 Rancid 2000 album Rancid album by Rancid See also UH 60 Black Hawk , the type of United States military helicopter used in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu Black Hawk disambiguation disambig ko ...   more details



  1. Black-faced Hawk

    Taxobox name Black faced Hawk image status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Falconiformes br or Accipitriformes , q.v. familia Accipitridae genus Leucopternis species L. melanops binomial Leucopternis melanops binomial authority John Latham ornithologist Latham , 1790 synonyms The Black faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. This low density species has traditionally been believed to be restricted to Amazon Basin north of the Amazon River , but there are several records south of this river, in, for example, the Brazil ian states of Par and Acre state Acre , and south eastern Peru . It is closely related to the White browed Hawk and individuals showing a level of intermediacy between the two species are known, suggesting that they rarely Hybrid biology hybridize . References BirdLife International 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 49414 all Leucopternis melanops . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. External links http www.birdtours.co.uk tripreports suriname suriname 2 Suriname2005 files image005.jpg Photo Medium Res http www.birdtours.co.uk tripreports suriname suriname 2 suriname july 05.htm Article birdtours.co.uk http www.sunbirdtours.co.uk images black facedhawk.jpg Photo Medium Res http www.sunbirdtours.co.uk ... Use dmy dates date November 2010 Buteoninae DEFAULTSORT Black Faced Hawk Category Leucopternis Category Birds of the Amazon Basin Hawk, Black faced Category Birds of the Guianas Hawk, Black faced Category Birds of French Guiana Hawk, Black faced Category Birds of Guyana Hawk, Black faced Category Birds of Suriname Hawk, Black faced Category Birds of Venezuela Hawk, Black faced Category Birds of Colombia Hawk, Black faced Category Birds of Ecuador Hawk, Black faced Category Birds of Peru Hawk, Black faced Category Birds of South America Hawk, Black faced falconiformes stub az Leucopternis melanops ...   more details



  1. Common Black Hawk

    Black Hawk, but note much confusion about this taxon until recently i.e. even if recognized as a distinct sp, it is not found in Costa Rica where this photo was taken name Common Black Hawk ... s, hawk s and Old World vulture s. It formerly included the Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii as a subspecies . On the contrary, the Mangrove Black Hawk , traditionally considered a distinct species, is now generally considered a subspecies, subtilis , of the Common Black Hawk. ref name taxonomy Clark, W. S. 2007. Taxonomic status and distribution of Mangrove Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus subtilis. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 127 110 117. ref The Common Black Hawk ... Black Hawk is 43 53  cm 16 20  in long and weighs 930g on average. It has very broad wings ... tip. The bill is black and the legs and cere are yellow. The adults resemble Zone tailed Hawk s, but have ..., and the tail has a number of black and white bars. The Common Black Hawk feeds mainly on crab s, but will also ... lazy flaps, and has a talon touching aerial courtship display. The call of the Common Black Hawk is a distinctive ... status The Common Black Hawk is protected in the far north of its range in the USA under ... black hawk buteogallus anthracinus Common Black Hawk videos on the Internet Bird Collection http ... 24 Common Black Hawk photo gallery Buteoninae Category Buteogallus Category Birds of Central America Hawk, Common Black Category Birds of Mexico Hawk, Common Black Category Native birds of the Southwestern United States Hawk, Common Black Category Birds of the Lesser Antilles Hawk, Common Black Category Birds of the Caribbean Hawk, Common Black Category Birds of Cuba Hawk, Common Black Category Birds of Puerto Rico Hawk, Common Black Category Birds of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Hawk, Common Black for Stamp Issues Category Birds of South America Hawk, Common Black Category Birds of Trinidad and Tobago Hawk, Common Black Category Birds of Colombia Hawk, Common Black Category Birds of Ecuador ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk War (disambiguation)

    Black Hawk War may refer to The Black Hawk War , a war fought in 1832 in the Midwestern United States between Sauk and Fox Indians on one side and the United States Army and Illinois militia on the other Black Hawk War Utah , a conflict, 1865 72, between Mormon settlers and Native American tribes in Utah The Black Hawk War , a song by Sufjan Stevens from his album Illinois album Illinois DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE ALBUM the album is Illinois , one track is Come on Feel the Illinoise see the Talk Sufjan Stevens page disambig ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk County, Iowa

    dablink For other uses of Blackhawk Black Hawk, see Black Hawk . Infobox U.S. County county Black Hawk County ex image Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo IA.JPG ex image size 250px ex image cap Black ... web www.co.black hawk.ia.us Black Hawk County is a County United States county located in the northeastern ... Black Hawk County has the fourth largest population for counties in the state. The majority of the county ... west of Waterloo. Black Hawk County is one of the three counties that make up the Waterloo Cedar ... northwest Fayette County, Iowa Fayette County northeast History Black Hawk County was formed on February 17, 1843 from sections of Buchanan County. It was named after Black Hawk Sauk leader Black Hawk , a Sauk people Sauk leader during the 1832 Black Hawk War . ref http www.co.black hawk.ia.us about.html Black Hawk County Online Bot generated title ref Demographics USCensusPop 1850 135 1860 8244 ... File USA Black Hawk County, Iowa age pyramid.svg thumb left 2000 Census Age Pyramid for Black Hawk ... Washburn, Iowa Washburn Townships Black Hawk County is divided into seventeen Township United States townships valign top Barclay Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Barclay Bennington Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Bennington Big Creek Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Big Creek Black Hawk Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Black Hawk Cedar Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Cedar Cedar Falls Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Cedar Falls Eagle Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Eagle East Waterloo Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa East Waterloo Fox Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Fox Lester Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Lester Lincoln Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Lincoln Mount Vernon Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Mount Vernon Orange Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Orange Poyner Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Poyner Spring Creek Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Spring Creek Union Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa Union Washington Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk (Sauk leader)

    Other uses Black Hawk disambiguation Infobox person name Black Hawk birth name Ma ka tai me she kia kiak ... other names Black Sparrow Hawk birth place Black Hawk State Historic Site Saukenuk , Illinois death place Davis County, Iowa resting place nationality Sauk people Sauk known for Black Hawk War occupation War captain band leader monuments Black Hawk Statue , Black Hawk State Historic Site Black ... leading war parties as a young man, and from his leadership of a band of Sauks during the Black Hawk War of 1832. During the War of 1812 , Black Hawk fought on the side of the United Kingdom of Great ... , against European American settlers in Illinois and present day Wisconsin in the 1832 Black Hawk ... several cities. Black Hawk died in 1838 in what is now southeastern Iowa . He left behind an enduring legacy through many eponyms and other tributes. Early life Black Hawk, or Black Sparrow Hawk Fox language Sauk Makataimeshekiakiak Mahkate wi me i ke hke hkwa , be a large black hawk ref name bright ... the Mississippi for winter hunts and fur trapping. Little is known about Black Hawk s youth. He was said ... an early French explorer, possibly Samuel de Champlain . ref Roger L. Nichols, Black Hawk and the Warrior ..., Black Hawk accompanied his father Pyesa on a raid against the Osage s, and won the approval of his father by killing and scalping his first enemy. ref Nichols, 14. ref The young Black Hawk then tried ... the Meramec River in Missouri. After Pyesa died from wounds received in the battle, Black Hawk inherited ... period of mourning for his father, Black Hawk resumed leading raiding parties over the next years, usually targeting the Osages. Black Hawk did not belong to a clan that provided the Sauks ..., and by leading successful raiding parties. Men like Black Hawk are sometimes called war chiefs ... W. Hall, Uncommon Defense Indian Allies in the Black Hawk War Harvard University Press, 2009 , 2. ref War of 1812 Black Hawk served as a war leader of a band of Sauk at their village of Saukenuk . He ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk (artist)

    Infobox artist bgcolour 6495ED name Black Hawk image imagesize alt caption birthname birthdate ca. 1832 birthplace deathdate ca. 1890 deathplace nationality Sans Arc field Illustration training Self taught movement Ledger art works patrons William Edward Caton influenced by Lakota people Lakota life & spirituality influenced awards elected website Image Blackhawk spiritbeing.jpg thumb left Black Hawk s depiction of a Thunder or Spirit Being. Black Hawk ca. 1832 1890? was a member of the Sans Arc or It zip ho band of Lakota people . ref name Berlo cite book last Berlo first Janet Catherine authorlink Janet Catherine Berlo title Spirit Beings and Sun Dancers Black Hawk s Vision of the Lakota World publisher George Braziller in association with the New York State Historical Association year 2000 location New York, NY pages url doi id isbn 0 8076 1465 3 ref He is best known as an artist who, in 1880 1881, produced a set of seventy six color Ledger Art ledger drawings of Lakota life and spiritual visions for William Edward Caton , the federal Indian trader at the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation . ref name Berlo Black Hawk received fifty cents per drawing from Caton. ref name Berlo Black Hawk is believed to have been killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 but this is not certain. ref name Berlo Notes reflist External links http alumni.ucsd.edu magazine vol3no2 features tribal.htm Drawing on Tribal History by Inga Kiderra. This UCSD magazine article is about ledger drawings and features Black Hawk and his work. http www.plainsledgerart.org view.pila?action list&LEDGER ID 10 Black Hawk Ledger , a virtual gallery of Black Hawk s drawings on the http www.plainsledgerart.org index.pila Plains Indian Ledger Art web site. Template North American Indigenous visual artists DEFAULTSORT Black Hawk Category 19th century Native American illustrators Category Lakota people Category ... deaths NorthAm native bio stub US artist stub bar Black Hawk de Black Hawk K nstler ...   more details



  1. USS Black Hawk (MHC-58)

    Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image USS Black Hawk MHC 58.jpg 300px USS Black Hawk, 2004 Ship caption USS Black Hawk , Ingleside, Texas, September 2004 Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country USA Ship flag USN flag 2007 Ship name Ship namesake Black Hawk chief Black Hawk Ship ordered 22 April 1992 Ship builder Intermarine USA Ship laid down 3 September 1992 Ship launched 27 August 1994 Ship acquired 16 January 1996 Ship commissioned 11 May 1996 Ship decommissioned 1 December 2007 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours Ship fate Ship status Beaumont Reserve Fleet Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Osprey class coastal minehunter Osprey class coastal mine hunters Ship displacement 914 tons Ship length convert 188 ft m abbr on Ship beam convert 38 ft m abbr on Ship draught Ship draft convert 11 ft m abbr on Ship propulsion Diesel Engines Ship speed Ship range Ship complement Officers 5 Enlisted 46 Ship sensors Ship EW Ship armament Ship armour Ship armor Ship aircraft Ship notes otherships USS Black Hawk USS Black Hawk MHC 58 was the eighth ship of Osprey class coastal minehunter Osprey class coastal mine hunters . She was Ship commissioning commissioned 11 May 1996 and Ship decommissioning decommissioned 1 December 2007. As of December 2007, she is laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet , Beaumont, Texas , awaiting disposal. References NVR http www.nvr.navy.mil nvrships details MHC58.htm Osprey class coastal minehunter DEFAULTSORT Black Hawk MHC 58 Category Ships built in Louisiana Category 1994 ships Category Osprey class minehunters US mil ship stub nl USS Black Hawk MHC 58 ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk State Park

    Geobox Protected area name Black Hawk State Park category List of Iowa state parks Iowa State Park image image caption etymology type Named for etymology Black Hawk chief Chief Black Hawk country flag United States state flag Iowa region type County region Sac County, Iowa Sac location Lake View, Iowa Lake View elevation imperial 1227 elevation round 0 elevation note ref cite web url Gnis3 454659 title Black Hawk State Park date 2000 01 01 work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2011 02 25 ref lat d 42 lat m 17 lat s 36 lat NS N long d 95 long m 1 long s 24 long EW W area unit acre area imperial 86 area round 1 established 1935 management body Iowa Department of Natural Resources map Iowa Locator Map.PNG map caption Location of Black Hawk State Park in Iowa map locator Iowa website http www.iowadnr.gov parks state park list black hawk.html Black Hawk State Park Black Hawk State Park is a state park of Iowa , USA, in the town of Lake View, Iowa Lake View . The park includes land, campgrounds, trails, game preserves, historic structures, and the waters of Black Hawk Lake Sac County, Iowa Black Hawk Lake . Also it is home to the Lake View Water Carnival. This event is held the third full weekend in July every year, and includes many family friendly activities including a Water Parade. ref cite web url http www.lakeview ia.com carnival title Black Hawk Lake Summer Water Carnival publisher City of Lake View accessdate 2008 03 07 ref References reflist External links http www.iowadnr.com parks state park list black hawk.html Black Hawk State Park IA Parks Category Iowa state parks Category Protected areas established in 1935 Category Sac County, Iowa ...   more details



  1. Mangrove Black Hawk

    Taxobox name Mangrove Black Hawk image Check distribution before adding a photo Birds from most of Panama except far east , Costa Rica and countries to the north are not the Mangrove Black Hawk see text for details status NR status system iucn3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Falconiformes or Accipitriformes , q.v. familia Accipitridae genus Buteogallus species Buteogallus anthracinus B. anthracinus subspecies B. anthracinus subtilis trinomial Buteogallus anthracinus subtilis trinomial authority John Eliot Thayer Thayer & Outram Bangs Bangs , 1905 The Mangrove Black Hawk , Buteogallus anthracinus subtilis , is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae . Traditionally treated as a distinct species, recent evidence strongly suggests it should be considered a subspecies of the Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus . ref name taxonomy Clark, W. S. 2007. Taxonomic status and distribution of Mangrove Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus subtilis. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 127 110 117. ref The Mangrove Black Hawk is a resident breeding bird in the Neotropics from eastern Panama , through western Colombia and Ecuador , to far north western Peru . Previously, it was incorrectly believed to occur as far north as Mexico , but all individuals from western Panama and northwards are nominate subspecies nominate Common Black Hawk. ref name ... whitish egg. The adult Mangrove Black Hawk is 43 53  cm long and weighs around 930  g. It has very broad wings, and is mainly black with a brownish cast to the upper wings. The short tail is black with a single broad white band and a white tip. The bill is black and the legs and cere are yellow ... are buff to whitish with dark blotches, and the tail has a number of black and white bars. The Mangrove Black Hawk feeds mainly on crab s, but will also take small vertebrate s and eggs. This species ... display. The call of the Mangrove Black Hawk is a distinctive piping spink speenk speenk spink ...   more details



  1. File:Black hawk statue.jpg

    Summary Information Description Statue of Black Hawk chief , on display at Black Hawk State Historic Site Source I User Billwhittaker Bill Whittaker User talk Billwhittaker talk created this work entirely by myself. Date 20 01, 21 September 2009 UTC Author User Billwhittaker Bill Whittaker User talk Billwhittaker talk other versions Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 GFDL migration redundant ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk College

    sources date July 2009 Wikify date July 2009 Black Hawk College is a community college with campuses located in the city of Moline, Illinois Moline and near Kewanee , Illinois . History Black Hawk College is a community college with campuses located in Moline and in Galva, Illinois 5 miles south of Kewanee . Founded in 1946 as Moline Community College, it became Black Hawk College in 1961 offering traditional liberal arts courses, occupational and adult education courses. In 1967 the college expanded operations to Kewanee, Illinois, and in 1971 opened the East Campus just south of Kewanee which also houses the agriculture and horticulture programs. The Illinois Community College System Illinois Community College Board Illinois Community College Board approved the college as one college with two campuses in 1989. ref http www.bhc.edu index.aspx?NID 66 History of Black Hawk College ref In addition to full service campuses in Moline and new Kewanee, the Black Hawk College facilities include the Technology Center in Rock Island, Illinois Rock Island , Illinois, the Community Education Center in Kewanee, the Illinois workNET Center in Moline and the Outreach Center in East Moline . ref http www.bhc.edu index.aspx?NID 67 Black Hawk Locations ref The college employs more than 400 full time and 350 part time employees at both campuses. Academics Black Hawk College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institution of Higher Learning Commission ... College Board. ref http www.bhc.edu index.aspx?NID 57 Black Hawk Accreditations ref Black Hawk College ... Education Vocational Training students annually. ref http www.bhc.edu index.aspx?NID 64 Black Hawk Data page ref Athletics Black Hawk College competes in several intercollegiate sports as a member ... Black Hawk athletics ref See also Black Hawk chief References Reflist External links http www.bhc.edu Black Hawk College website Quad Cities coord missing Illinois Category Vocational education Category ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk Tree

    File Black Hawk Tree.jpg thumb right A 1915 postcard of the Black Hawk Tree The Black Hawk Tree , or Black ... , United States . Local legend held that Sauk leader Black Hawk chief Black Hawk used it to elude ... Black Hawk War and involved a young Lieutenant Jefferson Davis . In reality, it is unlikely that Black ... surrender at the end of the 1832 Black Hawk War. The tree was felled by a windstorm during the 1920s ... Hawk chief Black Hawk had once hidden in a Populus sect. Aegiros cottonwood tree that was located in the city. In one version of the tale, the tree was said to have been used by Black Hawk during the 1790s to evade capture from troops stationed at Fort Crawford . ref name dnr Black Hawk would later ... , back into Illinois in violation of several disputed treaties. The event triggered the Black Hawk ... his pursuers, it is said, Black Hawk hid himself among the branches of the tree. ref name lacrosse ... &q Chief&y1 &y2 &ci &co &mhd &shd Black Hawk s Tree is still alive at Prairie du Chien , LaCrosse Tribune ... untrue. Most historians believe that while Black Hawk was in Prairie du Chien once, it was not until after the decisive battle of the Black Hawk War at the mouth of the Bad Axe River . ref name dnr By this time, in August 1832, Black Hawk had surrendered to the custody of the Ho Chunk and could not have ... &y2 &ci &co &mhd &shd History of the Black Hawk Tree , Prairie du Chien Union , 8 March 1906, via Wisconsin ... a windstorm in the 1920s, the Black Hawk Tree was destroyed, but even after its death the site continued to be marked. ref name dnr The Black Hawk Tree is, without question, the most well known tree in the Prairie ... du Chien s Black Hawk Tree , Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources . Excerpted from Every Root ... 1999, via FindArticles. Retrieved 14 August 2007. ref The Black Hawk Tree, like other trees ..., the road it grew from was renamed from Bluff Street to Black Hawk Avenue. ref name mccann A piece of wood, purportedly from the Black Hawk Tree, hangs in the museum at Fort Crawford in Prairie du ...   more details



  1. USS Black Hawk (AD-9)

    otherships USS Black Hawk Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image USS Black Hawk ID 2140 .jpg 300px AlternateTextHere Ship caption USS Black Hawk ID 2140 Moored at Inverness , Scotland , in September 1918, while serving as Mine Force repair ship and flagship, and painted with a camouflage pattern. Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag USN flag 1946 Ship name USS Black Hawk Ship namesake Ship ordered Ship builder William Cramp and Sons , Philadelphia Ship laid down ... in mm abbr on gun Ship armor Ship notes USS Black Hawk AD 9 was launched in 1913 as SS Santa Catalina ..., Black Hawk departed Boston, Massachusetts Boston in June 1918 to take station at Inverness , Scotland ... Islands , for the North Sea Mine Barrage North Sea mine sweep . Image USS Black Hawk AD 9 top.jpg thumb left USS Black Hawk AD 9 Anchored in Philippine waters, 19 December 1935. She serviced Destroyer ..., Rhode Island , via the Suez Canal , for the Asiatic Squadron. Black Hawk remained in the Far East for twenty ... On 7 December 1941 Black Hawk was at Balikpapan , Borneo . She operated as a tender and repair ship ... and overhaul. Completing her overhaul 16 March 1943, Black Hawk returned to Alaskan waters ... . Black Hawk served in the Far East tending vessels at Okinawa and in China until 20 May 1946 ... Commission on 4 September 1947. USS Black Hawk received one battle star for her service in World War II . References DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs b6 black hawk ii.htm External links http www.history.navy.mil photos sh usn usnsh b ad9.htm USS Black Hawk AD 9, originally ID 2140 , 1918 1948 http www.history.navy.mil photos sh usn usnsh b ad9 o.htm USS Black Hawk AD 9 On Board and Miscellaneous Views taken in 1920 1946 http www.interplanetary.net blackhawk hawk01.htm USS Black Hawk NCC 75004 http genforum.genealogy.com usnavy messages 643.html USS Black Hawk AD 91 1918 1948 and others ... Black Hawk AD 9 Category 1913 ships Category World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Category ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk Down (soundtrack)

    Infobox album Name Black Hawk Down Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Type soundtrack Artist Hans Zimmer Cover Black Hawk Down Soundtrack.jpg Cover size Caption Released January 15, 2002 Recorded Genre Film score Length 66 54 Label Decca Records Decca , UMG Soundtracks Producer Hans Zimmer , Pietro Scalia, Bob Badami Black Hawk Down is the soundtrack accompanying the 2001 Black Hawk Down film film of the same name . The original film score score was composed by Hans Zimmer . Track listing tracklist headline title1 Hunger note1 length1 6 35 title2 Barra Barra note2 written and performed by Rachid Taha length2 5 47 title3 Vale of Plenty note3 length3 2 27 title4 Chant note4 length4 2 33 title5 Still note5 length5 4 48 title6 Mogadishu Blues note6 length6 2 53 title7 Synchrotone note7 length7 8 55 title8 Bakara note8 length8 3 12 title9 Of the Earth note9 length9 2 19 title10 Ashes to Ashes note10 length10 4 43 title11 Gortoz a Ran J Attends note11 performed by Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard length11 5 51 title12 Tribal War note12 length12 2 39 title13 Leave No Man Behind note13 length13 6 18 title14 The Minstrel Boy Film Version note14 performed by Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros length14 5 42 title15 Still Reprise note15 length15 2 12 External links MusicBrainz release id ae98afed c166 44f8 95cd 6e94412d7d09 name Black Hawk Down soundtrack http www.filmtracks.com titles black hawk.html Black Hawk Down soundtrack at Filmtracks Hans Zimmer DEFAULTSORT Black Hawk Down Soundtrack Category Film scores Category Hans Zimmer albums Category 2002 soundtracks soundtrack stub ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk Purchase

    1900 , The Black Hawk Purchase extended along the west side of the Mississippi River from the north ... from the Half Breed Tract , which was designated and set aside west of the Missouri River before the Black Hawk Purchase. The land of the purchase was successively governed by the legislatures of the Michigan Territory , the Wisconsin Territory , Iowa Territory and finally Iowa . The Black Hawk Purchase was followed by the so called Second Black Hawk Purchase 1837 and New Purchase 1842 . See also ... of Iowa, Black Hawk, The Black Hawk War, The Black Hawk Purchase, Keokuk s Reserve, The Sac and Fox ... , Treaty authorizing the Black Hawk Purchase, Digital Library, Oklahoma State University http www.davidrumsey.com luna servlet detail RUMSEY 8 1 1225 90130 Iowa A sectional Map of the Black Map of the Black Hawk Purchase Black Hawk War 1832 Category Sac and Fox Category Former regions and territories ... Black Hawk War Category Aboriginal title in the United States de Black Hawk Purchase ...coord 41.9 90.4 display title File Iowa cessions map.png right thumb 350px Map of Iowa, with the Black Hawk Purchase shown on the right, in yellow. The 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 . ref http www.qcmemory.org Page Black Hawk.aspx?nt 260 ref The land, originally owned by the Sauk people Sauk , Meskwaki Fox , and Ho Chunk Winnebago Native Americans in the United States Native American people, was acquired by treaty following their defeat by the United States in the Black Hawk War . The purchase was made for 640,000 on September 21, 1832 and was named for the chief Black Hawk Sauk leader Black Hawk . He was held prisoner at the time the purchase was completed. The Black Hawk Purchase contained an area of some 6 million acres 24,000  km , and the price was equivalent to 11 cents acre 26 km . ref name iagen cite web url http iagenweb.org history moi ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk (CB&Q train)

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 confused Black Hawk Amtrak train Image OP 4324.jpg thumb 350px right The olus , a streamlined S 4A class 4 6 4 steam locomotive , takes point as the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy s train No. 48, the Black Hawk , heads into Chicago, Illinois on August 10, 1939 The Black Hawk was a List of named passenger trains named passenger train operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&Q between Chicago, Illinois , and Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Paul , Minnesota . The train operated on an overnight schedule, being the nighttime counterpart to the Twin Zephyrs . It was a competitor in the Chicago Twin Cities overnight train market to the Pioneer Limited passenger train Pioneer Limited of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Milwaukee Road and the North Western Limited of the Chicago and North Western . In common with its competitors listed above, the Black Hawk carried both sleeping car s and Coach rail coaches . With departure well past dinnertime, breakfast was the only meal provided by the train s dining car diner or diner lounge car, in addition to Bar counter evening refreshments upon departure. In later years breakfast became Continental breakfast Continental in nature. During its final years, the Black Hawk provided an eastbound connection with the Northern Pacific Railway s Mainstreeter , and the Great Northern Railway U.S. Great Northern Railway s Western Star passenger train Western Star . By the late 1960s it was actually combined with the Western Star both ways, and with the Mainstreeter westbound. The Black Hawk was discontinued after its final run on the night of April 12 13, 1970, six weeks after the CB&Q had been merged into Burlington Northern on March 2. DEFAULTSORT Black Hawk Cb&Q Train Category Passenger trains of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Category Named passenger trains of the United States Category Night trains of the United States ...   more details



  1. Black Hawk Down (book)

    infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War title orig translator image Image Black hawk down bookcover.png 200px image caption First edition cover author Mark Bowden cover artist country flagicon USA United States language English language English series genre War br History Historical non fiction publisher New American Library Signet Books release date February 10, 1999 media type Hardcover br Paperback Trade paperback Trade paperback pages 320 isbn 9780871137388 preceded by followed by Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War is a 1999 in literature 1999 book by Mark Bowden that chronicles the United States United States Army Rangers Army Rangers , 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment United States 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment , 10th Mountain Division , Delta Force , United States Navy SEALs Navy SEALs , and UN forces attempt to capture Somalia Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid in Mogadishu and the Battle of Mogadishu 1993 intense battle that resulted between U.S. forces and local militia and citizens. One of the key events is the downing of a UH 60 Black Hawk , from which the book derives its title, and the subsequent attempt to rescue its crew. The Raid military raid quickly became the most intensive Close Quarters Battle close combat Military history of the United States Americans had engaged in since the Vietnam War . The events of the raid were later renamed the Battle of Mogadishu ... Inquirer . A Black Hawk Down film film adaptation directed by Ridley Scott was released in 2001 in film 2001 . References Bowden, Mark March 1999 . Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern ... 1993 In the Company of Heroes Black Hawk Down film External links http inquirer.philly.com packages somalia Black Hawk Down A Story of Modern War Category 1999 books Category Books about military history Category American non fiction books ko it Falco nero pl Black Hawk Down ur ...   more details



  1. File:Black hawk calumet.jpg

    Summary Information Description Calumet pipe used by Balck Hawk chief , on display, Black Hawk State Historic Site . Source I User Billwhittaker Bill Whittaker User talk Billwhittaker talk created this work entirely by myself. Date 19 58, 21 September 2009 UTC Author User Billwhittaker Bill Whittaker User talk Billwhittaker talk other versions Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 GFDL migration redundant ...   more details



  1. Antonga Black Hawk

    dablink For other uses of Blackhawk Black Hawk, see Black Hawk . Refimprove date December 2010 Antonga , or Black Hawk b. c. 1830 d. 26 September 1870 , was a nineteenth century war chief of the Ute Tribe ... known as the Black Hawk War Utah Black Hawk War in Utah 1865 1872 . Although Black Hawk made peace in 1867, other bands continued raiding until the US intervened with about 200 troops in 1872. Black Hawk ... the Ute, Paiute and Navajo. In 1865 Black Hawk and the Ute started raiding the livestock and goods ... people. Retaliating for the insult, that day Black Hawk raided some settlers for cattle and soon ... blackhawkwar.html John A. Peterson, Black Hawk War , Utah History Encyclopedia , Utah History ... later named The Black Hawk War . The Black Hawk War Utah Black Hawk War in Utah began in 1865 ... Zion , long the traditional territory of the Ute people. As war chief, Noonch Black Hawk made ... two years. In 1867 Black Hawk signed a treaty with the Mormons. Other warriors continued raiding ... 2010 . The 21st century Utah historian John Alton Peterson describes Black Hawk as having blockquote ... Bull and Geronimo , Black Hawk fostered an extraordinary pan regional movement that enabled him to operate in an enormous section of country and establish a three face war. Black Hawk worked .... Like other defenders of Indian rights, though, Black Hawk found he could not hold his position ... that Black Hawk made peace with the pale faces in 1867. ref name Peterson He visited every white ... intervened in 1872. ref name Peterson Black Hawk died in 1870, before the end of the war, of tuberculosis. The Black Hawk War was not a single incident, but a series of raids and small scale conflicts ... Carlton Fordis Culmsee, Utah s Black Hawk War Lore and Reminiscences of Participants , Utah State ... John A. Peterson, Black Hawk War , Utah History Encyclopedia , Utah state Official Website ... Virginia K. Nielson Non professional , Black Hawk and His War , Saga of the Sanpitch , Vol. 12 Winning ...   more details



  1. Cuban Black Hawk

    Taxobox name Cuban Black Hawk image Buteogallus gundlachii Camaguey Province, Cuba 8 1 .jpg image caption In Camaguey Province, Cuba status NT status system iucn3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Falconiformes br or Accipitriformes , q.v. familia Accipitridae genus Buteogallus species B. gundlachii binomial Buteogallus gundlachii binomial authority Jean Cabanis Cabanis , 1855 synonyms Buteogallus anthracinus gundlachii The Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii is a bird of prey in the family biology family Accipitridae , which also includes the eagle s, hawk s and Old World vulture s. It is Endemism endemic to the island of Cuba , where restricted to coastal areas. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the Common Black Hawk B. anthracinus , but recent evidence suggests it should be treated as a separate species. ref Wiley & Garrido 2005 ref Consequently, the American Ornithologists Union AOU formally acknowledged it as a species in 2007. Its status was first evaluated for the IUCN Red List in 2008, being listed as near threatened . ref BLI 2008 ref Footnotes Reflist References BirdLife International BLI 2008 http www.birdlife.org action science species global species programme whats new.html 2008 IUCN Redlist status changes . Retrieved 2008 MAY 23. Wiley, J. W., and Garrido, O. H. 2005 . Taxonomic status and biology of the Cuban Black hawk, Buteogallus anthracinus gundlachii Aves Acciptridae . The Journal of Raptor Research 39 351 364. External links http www.birdlife.org datazone species index.html?action SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid 32478&m 0 BirdLife Species Factsheet Buteoninae Category Buteogallus Category Birds of Cuba Hawk, Cuban Black Category West Indian restricted range endemic bird species Hawk, Cuban Black Category Hawks Falconiformes stub es Buteogallus gundlachii ...   more details



  1. Great Black Hawk

    Taxobox name Great Black Hawk status LC status system iucn3.1 image Buteogallus urubitinga NBII.jpg regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Bird Aves ordo Falconiformes br or Accipitriformes , q.v. familia Accipitridae genus Buteogallus species B. urubitinga binomial Buteogallus urubitinga binomial authority Johann Friedrich Gmelin Gmelin , 1788 The Great Black Hawk , Buteogallus urubitinga , is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae , which also includes the eagle s, hawk s and Old World vulture s. The Great Black Hawk is a resident breeding bird in the tropical New World , from Mexico through Central America to Peru , Trinidad and northern Argentina . It resembles the Common Black Hawk , but is larger with a different call and tail pattern. This is a mainly coastal bird of forest and open woodland near water. It builds a large stick nest in a tree, and usually lays one dark blotched whitish egg. The adult Great Black Hawk is 56 to 64 centimeters long and weighs 1.1 kilograms. It has very broad wings, and is mainly black. The short tail is white with a broad black tip. The bill is black and the legs and cere are yellow. The sexes are similar, but immature birds are dark brown above with spotting and streaks. Their underparts are buff with dark spots, and the tail has a number of black and dusky bars. The call of Great Black Hawk is a distinctive piping ooo wheeeeee . The Great Black Hawk feeds mainly on reptile s, other small vertebrate s and large insect s, often hunted on foot. This species is often seen soaring above woodlands. Along Amazon rivers it has been observed raiding hoatzin nesting colonies looking for eggs and chicks. References RevBrasOrnitol14 101. IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 49420 title Buteogallus urubitinga downloaded 10 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern cite book last ffrench this name should not be capitalized first Richard title A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad ...   more details



  1. Black-collared Hawk

    Taxobox name Black collared Hawk image Busarellus nigricollis5.jpg status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Falconiformes br or Accipitriformes , q.v. familia Accipitridae genus Busarellus genus authority Ren Primev re Lesson Lesson 1843 species B. nigricollis binomial Busarellus nigricollis binomial authority John Latham ornithologist Latham , 1790 synonyms The Black collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Busarellus . It is found in Argentina , Belize , Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , El Salvador , French Guiana , Guatemala , Guyana , Honduras , Mexico , Nicaragua , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , Uruguay , and Venezuela . Its natural habitat s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest s, subtropical or tropical swamp s, and swamps. Image A black collared hawk, Busarellus nigricollis.jpg thumb left A Black collared Hawk in the Amazon Rainforest Amazon Region of Peru The adult Black collared Hawk has a more or less white head, tinged with buff, and with black shaft streaks on the crown. The body, above and below, and the mantle are bright cinnamon rufous, paler on the chest. There is a black crescent on the upper breast. The back has scattered black shaft stripes the flight and tail feathers are black with the base of the tail barred with rufous. The eyes are bright reddish brown, the cere and bill black, and the legs bluish white. Immatures are similar, but blotched with black, including on the crown, and the rufous barring on the tail is more extensive. The pale area on the chest is also more clearly marked. The upper surface of the wings is barred, and the eyes are brown. The nest is usually ... information on its reproduction. The Black collared Hawk lives on a diet mainly composed of fish. It also .... Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Buteoninae DEFAULTSORT Black Collared Hawk Category Busarellus br ...   more details




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