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Chief Tokaunee Oak
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A very large, spreading bur oak standing in a snow-covered field. There are small conifers planted in the foreground. The oak bears the name of a Ho-Chunk chief; Token Creek and the unincorporated village nearby may have also been named for him.
1982
Hoffmann, B-Wolfgang
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WHi 127604
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