Black Hawk State Park

Black Hawk State Park
Iowa State Park
Named for: Chief Black Hawk

Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Sac

Location	Lake View
- elevation	1,227 ft (374 m) ^[1]
- coordinates	42°17′36″N 95°1′24″W / 42.29333°N 95.02333°W / 42.29333; -95.02333Coordinates: 42°17′36″N 95°1′24″W / 42.29333°N 95.02333°W / 42.29333; -95.02333

Area	86 acres (34.8 ha)

Founded	1935
Management	Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Location of Black Hawk State Park in Iowa
Website: Black Hawk State Park

Blackhawk State Park Wildlife Preserve Area (Area A) Black Hawk Preserve (Area B) Denison Beach Area (Area C)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Built	1933-1935
Built by	Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural style	Rustic
MPS	CCC Properties in Iowa State Parks MPS
NRHP Reference #	90001678 90001679 90001680^[2]
Added to NRHP	November 15, 1990

Black Hawk State Park is a state park of Iowa, USA, in the town of Lake View. The park includes land, campgrounds, trails, game preserves, historic structures, and the waters of 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.^[3] Three section of the park were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[2]

History

The State of Iowa acquired the property for the park in several parcels through the efforts of Dr. E.E. Speaker of Lake View, who also served on the State Board of Conservation.^[4] The parcels included a former gravel quarry, a 30-acre (12 ha) farm on the southeast side of the lake, and the 30-acre (12 ha) Denison Beach. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company VCCC 1776, a veterans unit, constructed the parks amenities. They arrived in November 1933 and left the park on May 16, 1935. Another CCC company trained here in June 1934. Several Works Progress Administration transient companies worked in the park in 1936 and 1937. VCCC 1776 began working in the Wildlife Preserve Area (Area A) first. They cleaned up the former quarry, created 13 fish rearing ponds, and planted over 3,400 trees by 1935.^[4] They completed the picnic shelter, two stone and peeled log latrines, and added camp stoves and barbecue ovens in the Black Hawk Preserve (Area B) between January and April 1935. The large picnic shelter in the Denison Beach Area (Area C) was completed between March and May 1935. The park was opened for visitors by 1936.

National Register of Historic Places

On November 15, 1990 three areas of the park were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Their historic importance is derived from their association with the CCC. The park was part of a larger study of Iowa's state parks called the Civilian Conservation Corps Properties in Iowa State Parks: 1933-1942. Area A focuses on the wildlife preserve that includes the fish rearing ponds, a latrine, and infrastructure such as steps, a bench, and a paved road. Area B includes a picnic shelter, latrine, drinking fountain and incinerator.^[5] Area C is a picnic shelter and latrine building.^[6] The Rustic style was used in the design of the buildings. The significance of this architectural style is that it was designed to blend into its natural surroundings by means of its material, design, and workmanship.^[4] Areas A and B are historic districts, while Area C is an individual listing.

References

↑ "Black Hawk State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Black Hawk Lake Summer Water Carnival". City of Lake View. Retrieved 2008-03-07.
1 2 3 Joyce McKay. "Blackhawk State Park, Wildlife Preserve Area (Area A)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-22. with photos
↑ Joyce McKay. "Blackhawk State Park, Black Hawk Preserve (Area B)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-22. with photos
↑ Joyce McKay. "Blackhawk State Park, Denison Beach Area (Area C)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-22. with photo

External links

Black Hawk State Park

Protected areas of Iowa

Federal

National Monument	Effigy Mounds

National Historic Site	Herbert Hoover

National Wildlife Refuges	DeSoto Driftless Area Neal Smith Northern Tallgrass Prairie Port Louisa Union Slough Upper Mississippi River

State

State Parks	Ambrose A. Call Backbone Badger Creek Banner Lakes at Summerset Beeds Lake Bellevue Big Creek Black Hawk Brushy Creek Cedar Rock Clear Lake Dolliver Memorial Elk Rock Elinor Bedell Emerson Bay Fairport Fort Defiance Geode George Wyth Memorial Green Valley Gull Point Honey Creek Lacey-Keosauqua Lake Ahquabi Lake Anita Lake Darling Lake Keomah Lake MacBride Lake Manawa Lake of Three Fires Lake Wapello Ledges Lewis and Clark Maquoketa Caves Marble Beach McIntosh Woods Mines of Spain & E.B. Lyons Mini-Wakan Nine Eagles Okamanpedan Palisades-Kepler Pikes Peak Pikes Point Pilot Knob Pillsbury Point Pine Lake Pleasant Creek Prairie Rose Preparation Canyon Red Haw Rice Lake Rock Creek Springbrook Stone Templar Trapper's Bay Twin Lakes Union Grove Viking Lake Volga River Walnut Woods Wapsipinicon Waubonsie Wildcat Den Wilson Island

State Forests	Backbone Barkley Gifford Holst Loess Hills Pilot Mound Shimek Stephens White Pine Hollow Yellow River

State Preserves	A.F. Miller Ames High Prairie Anderson Prairie Behrens Pond and Woodlands Berry Woods Bird Hill Bixby Bluffton Fir Stand Brush Creek Canyon Brushy Creek Cameron Woods Casey's Paha Catfish Creek Cayler Prairie Cedar Bluffs Cedar Hills Sand Prairie Cheever Lake Clay Prairie Claybanks Forest Cold Water Spring Crossman Prairie Decorah Ice Cave Dinesen Prairie Doolittle Prairie Fallen Rock Fish Farm Mounds Five Ridge Prairie Fleming Woods Fort Atkinson Freda Haffner Kettlehole Gitchie Manitou Hanging Bog Hardin City Woodland Hartley Fort Hayden Prairie Hoffman Prairie Indian Bluffs Primitive Area Indian Fish Trap Iowa's State Preserves System Kalsow Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie Lamson Woods Liska-Stanek Prairie Little Maquoketa Malanaphy Springs Malchow Mounds Manikowski Prairie Mann Wilderness Area Marietta Sand Prairie Mericle Woods Merrill A. Stainbrook Merritt Forest Montauk Mossy Glen Mount Pisgah Cemetery Mount Talbot Nestor Stiles Prairie Ocheyedan Mound Old State Quarry Palisades-Downs Pecan Grove Pellett Woods Pilot Grove Pilot Knob Retz Woods Roberts Creek Rock Creek Island Rock Island Roggman Boreal Slopes Rolling Thunder Prairie Saint James Lutheran Church Savage Woods Searryl's Cave Sheeder Prairie Silver Lake Fen Silvers-Smith Woods Slinde Mounds Starr's Cave Steele Prairie Stinson Prairie Strasser Woods Sylvan Runkel Toolesboro Mounds Turin Loess Hills Turkey River Mounds White Pine Hollow Williams Prairie Wittrock Indian Village Woodland Mounds Woodman Hollow Woodthrush

County

State Parks (Leased)	Bobwhite Cold Springs Crystal Lake Eagle Lake Echo Valley Frank A. Gotch Heery Woods Lake Cornelia Lake Icaria Kearny Margo Frankel Mill Creek Oak Grove Oakland Mills Pammel Sharon Bluffs Spring Lake Swan Lake Three Mile Lake

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

National Register of Historic Places in Sac County, Iowa

Lake View	Blackhawk State Park, Wildlife Preserve Area (Area A) Blackhawk State Park, Black Hawk Preserve (Area B) Blackhawk State Park, Denison Beach Area (Area C) Chief Black Hawk Statue Lakeside Park Historic District

Sac City	Chautauqua Park Historic District George and Lola Perkins House Sac City Chicago and North Western Depot Sac City Monument Square Historic District Sac County Courthouse Seven Oaks

Wall Lake	Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Sac County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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