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     Twelve Moons:
   A Year with the
   Sauk and 
   Meskwaki,
   1817-1818

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Imagine!

Pause a moment and picture a forest in the middle of the city -- an urban paradise...
Hiking trails that wind deep into the woods, up rugged hills and along the banks of a gentle river, remote spots where nature wraps around you...
the songs of birds...scampering squirrels...
oaks that were here when the first pioneers
came...

And more!
Picnic shelters with stone fireplaces,
a museum of Native American life, a nature center where children can
learn the values of the natural world,
playgrounds, a rustic lodge that a duke
would envy...

It's not a fantasy--it's all real, and it's all right here
in the middle of the city of Rock Island!

Black Hawk State Historic Site is a part of Quad City Wild Places, found at www.qcwildplaces.com  Find out about all  natural areas within easy driving distance of the Quad Cities.  Also the Alcoa Eagle Cam can be accessed through this website or Alcoa Bald Eagle Camera at Davenport Works at:
 www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp  

Black Hawk State Historic Site - is a wooded, steeply rolling 208-acre tract - bordering the Rock River in Rock Island County. Prehistoric Indians and nineteenth-century settlers made their homes here, but the area is most closely identified with the Sauk nation and the warrior-leader whose name it bears - Black Hawk. The site, which is also noted for its many natural features, is managed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. The Rock River Trail is a loop again, thanks to the new bridge funded by a River Action grant.

  Black Hawk State Historic Site Book Wins Award  

  Twelve Moons received a Superior Achievement award from
  the Illinois Association of Museums!  This is the highest
  award available and, according to IAM, "A Superior
  Achievement award recognizes achievements that are
  models for the profession and reaches a greater audience
  than is normally reached by the nominating institution."