Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area near Colfax in Dunn County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

White Oak

Quercus alba

Photographed by McGhiever, July 3, 2024

1. White Oak Marker

Inscription.

white oak leaf and acorn

Acorn bread....probably not what you had for supper last night, but years ago it was a common food for many Plains Indians. They made it by boiling, roasting, and grinding the oak tree's acorns into flour and then adding other ingredients.

Acorns are also eaten by many birds and mammals including many songbirds, grouse, prairie chickens, quail, wild turkeys, white-tailed deer, [text missing], raccoons, foxes, [text missing], skunks.

Erected by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 44° 56.984′ N, 91° 46.33′ W. Marker is near Colfax, Wisconsin, in Dunn County. It is in the Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area. It can be reached from 730th Avenue. The marker is on the Hawk Ridge Trail just east of the park's observation tower. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: E7501 730th Avenue, Colfax WI 54730, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker

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is in Western Wisconsin. It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: White Pine (approx. ¼ mile away); Paper Birch (approx. half a mile away); Dunn County Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.2 miles away); Chippewa Valley White Pine (approx. 7.2 miles away); World War I (approx. 7.2 miles away); Fine Meadows (approx. 7.3 miles away); Evergreen Cemetery / Earliest Evergreen Burials (approx. 7.9 miles away); Dr. Stephen Tainter (approx. 8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Colfax.

Other markers no longer nearby. "Fine Meadows Where… Droves of Buffaloes and Elks were Feeding" (was approx. 7.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Wisconsin's Oak Savanna (was approx. 7.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

White Oak Marker (left) on the Hawk Ridge Trail in Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by McGhiever, July 3, 2024

2. White Oak Marker (left) on the Hawk Ridge Trail in Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area

Credits. This page was last revised on May 29, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2026, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 8 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 29, 2026, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota.