Utopia & Oakbrook Terrace History
The City of Oakbrook Terrace was officially established in 1958 and has grown from a tiny farm town called Utopia, to the growing and thriving city that it is today.
THE 1950'S WELCOME TO UTOPIA - Photo donated by the Dobson Family. Accompanying newspaper article donated by the Mahan Family.
"At Long Last Utopia Is Established"
Happy boosters of the new city of Utopia met Sunday night at the intersection of 22nd St. and Midwest Rd. and set up a sign saying: "Welcome to Utopia." They were celebrating the vote Saturday to incorporate as Utopia the area of slightly less than 4 square miles that has been known as Elmhurst Countryside. The vote was 331 to 164 in favor of incorporation. The Area is in DuPage County, south of Villa Park. It has 1,228 residents, according to Dennis Shanahan, who heads the incorporation committee. The next step after the official tally sometime this week, this is to circulate petitions for election of a city government.
From Left to Right - Officer Les Mekie, Officer Carl Wiser, Officer Art Jamison, Chief Carlyle Arhends, Officer Johnson, and Officer Walter Mutter. Seated in the Police Car is Officer Murray Smith. Photo Donated by Mrs. Arhends
Sinclaire Station-1956 Butterfield Rd. & Midwest Rd. N.W. Corner
Dispensa's Kiddie Kingdom April 1986. More info can be found at http://www.dispensaskiddiekingdom.com/.
