But it was the 300-year-old white oak that made us stop.

Against the wall were two serving tables of white oak.

The idea was to ask artists to create pieces out of one white oak, the state tree.

It is one of the more important white oaks for lumber production.

Crashing into a large white oak at the far end of the green, it finally came to rest.

"That big white oak, probably 100 to 150 years old, won't make it either."

But in the spring, plant a white oak - for your grandchildren.

Sure enough, white oaks grew here in the enclosed field, but not too many of them.

Some are white oaks that took 175 years to grow.

"This is from a white oak; see how round the points are?"