OAK GROVE

NAME: Oak Grove COUNTY: U.S. ROADS: 2WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: snow in winter, hot in summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: anytime

COMMENTS: What's left of the town is located 2 miles southeast of Oak. REMAINS: Oregon Trail Markers, two houses, graveyard.

This is where the town started. It was a small milling community. It had already moved once. It is on the South side of the Little Blue River. The original town was a pony express station where the Comstock ranch was located about a mile away. When the mill was built on the other side of the river the town moved so that people could be closer to where they worked. When the railroad came through the town moved again and changed the name to Oak. Oak is still there. It has a P.O.,Cafe, Grain Elevator. The Railroad hasn't stopped in Oak for a long time. The Comstock ranch is gone, a marker containing it's history remains. The remains of the mill were recently torn down, a marker remains. Two houses are still standing near the mill area. Submitted by: J. Lautenschlager

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