In the summer of 1866, John Oak, namesake of Oakland, assisted Swedish immigrant families in taking up homesteads in the Logan Creek Valley. Among the first settlers were Victor Colson and his family, and he is said to have broken the first sod in Oakland Precinct in 1867. The miniature stone house and well indicate the site of Colson's original sod house and are made from the original foundation stones of the 14 by 24-foot frame house built about 1875.