OAKLEY (Green River Station)

Is a small town on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, about one mile east of Colona. Prior to the crossing of the roads being established at this latter place, Oakley commanded & good grain trade. It was laid out August 11,1865, by Thomas P. Davenport, wid now contains about one hundred inhabitants. The town supports two or three stores, as many shops, one hotel and an elevator. The children are sent to the district school near, and the people church at Cleveland or Colona.