Oakland

settlement #481325

created 2012-10-02 by bplewe

official name: Big Grove? (started: about 1856?)

No mention of this name in contemporary sources.

assertion #3721043 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 0%.

is a(n): scattered settlement

assertion #3724969 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 80%.

started: before 1851?

A cluster of several homes is shown on the maps.

assertion #3724967 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 0%.

located at: Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States

assertion #3713325 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.

in group: Winter Quarters Era

assertion #3727071 by bplewe on 2012-10-30: confidence 100%.

see also: Iowa GLO Survey maps (1851)

entity #850076, assertion #3770239 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.

notes: Map clearly shows a cluster of several farMillenial Star and houses, several with names (Erastus H. Derby, Thomas Derby, John Henderson, and Joseph R. Moore), but no name is given for the settlement, and no mention of it has been found in contemporary sources. At least three of the known residents were LDS members who had been in [[Garden Grove Branch (IA) | Garden Grove]], but never went to Utah, so they may have been disaffected. The names "Oakland" and "Big Grove" did not appear until years after the Mormons left; the name "Big Grove" during the Mormon era generally referred to [[Silver Creek, Mills, Iowa | Cutler's Camp/Silver Creek]].

assertion #3716325 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.