Who let the cows out? Moo… moo… (Update 2)
ffstg24 - Thank you! I've always preferred building cities on islands. I named Baden after a place I visited in the United States. That's pretty cool that you are from there!
fuhrerrick - Thanks!
Tonraq - Thank you, and yes we do. 
Mymyjp - Thanks. I hope you enjoy!
Sexysark:P - It will be a journey indeed! 
Akerbeltz - The Santos Oil Company will play a very big twist in the development here.
Also thanks to all who have viewed and followed Baden so far!
Update 2
Things have been booming in the quaint little settlement of Baden since we left off!
After a few long months and many ship loads of supplies later, the settlement has grown into a nice village.
Mr. Santos was quite eager to start his oil business up. While other sims were still moving in furniture and having their possessions moved over, he insisted the ships be unloaded and steel to be brought over "immediately". Construction workers spent several long months constructing the new oil derricks northeast of the settlement. There was only one problem, though. The current dock could not handle the excess capacity. The solution was building a new freight docking station.
With most of the towns roads being made of dirt, it proved very hard to transport supplies to the main land. The more well-traveled roads were already being paved, but Mr. Santos could not wait. He went back to the United States and purchased surplus equipment to start a railroad. The tracks were not finished and Mr. Santos had the train loaded up with steel to build the derricks. Locals were amazed by the passion of Mr. Santos and would sit and watch the construction.
After several long months, the oil derricks were finally complete. Trucks were loaded up with crude oil to take back to town. From here it is loaded back onto ships and shipped elsewhere for refining.
Meanwhile, back in the village...
Sims are coming in by the boatload (literally). With the new oil business, Mr. Santos is promising more jobs with hopes to build an oil refinery in the near future. The settlers took advantage of the extra land and started developing it into farms. A town-wide meeting was held at the church and a census was conducted. The results were startling. Baden has grown from nearly 50 sims to 890! Included in the count is Mr. Santos himself. He decided to formally move his residence to the island with his oil company.
Several mansions and big houses mark the location of the Santos estate. Mr. Santos even lined the dirt roads with cast-iron lamp posts. One thing is for sure though, Mr. Santos was not pleased with the town's dirt roads. Rain has poured for almost two weeks now and his Oldsmobile is stuck knee deep in mud. He marched to the next town meeting and demanded that all the roads be paved. In fact - he's even offering to pay for it! The community declined his demands, but insisted that they would finish paving the roads if he would open up the Santos railroad for commercial use. Mr. Santos agreed.
The noise from the machinery paving the new main roads caused the cattle from a local farm to stampede. Workers quickly ran as cows started rushing towards them from all directions.
The cows have since been brought back to their owner's farm.
Question:
What should we name the port area? Let me know your ideas in the comments!
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