[2] The most striking geological feature at Powers Bluff is the stone outcrops poking out the top of the hill.

Geologists believe the quartzite to be from the Proterozoic era,[3] 1.6 billion years old, similar in age and composition to Rib Mountain to the northeast and the Baraboo Hills[4] to the south, and much older than the Himalayas.

[7] Young and most of his people probably stayed only briefly, then moved fifteen miles north to Indian Farms near Rozellville and eventually Perkinstown, McCord, and Forest County.

In 1905 or 1906, their homes were described in an article in a local newspaper: ...In the silent, somnolent forest they formed their round bark houses, as the Hebrew of old constructed the beautiful temple 'so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard while it was building.'

In the center was an open place with a dirty floor and a pile of ashes where they had cooked their meals on rainy days.

On the bough rafters were hung roots of various kinds....[9]The heart of the community was at the top of the bluff, on the warm south side of the rock outcrops.

[8] These dances were held several times a year, drawing hundreds of visitors from around Wisconsin and as far as Kansas, some riding the train into Arpin.

[7] As years passed, some of the homes at Tah-qua-kik became more like those of neighbors in nearby Arpin - log cabins and frame houses.

Some families cooked on iron stoves, lit their homes with kerosene lanterns, and ate from ceramic dishes.

[8] In 1936 the town of Arpin gave the land at the top of the bluff to Wood County, which developed it as a park.

[10] In 1999 the county planned to expand the ski hill, but Indians objected that it would mean cutting grave marker trees and disturbing burials.

With that, in 2023 a new plan is being implemented, adding 4.5 miles of mountain bike trails and a new entrance from the north to take pressure off the hilltop, where the village was.

[2] Seventy acres to the east of the park is a state Natural Area called Powers Bluff Maple Woods.