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The first European visitors to the area were [[Coureur des bois|French traders]] who bought furs from the resident [[Ojibwa]] Indians in the 17th century. Swedish immigrants arrived in the 1850 to buy farm land along the St. Croix River and beside the lakes of Amador Township. Almelund was founded in 1887 by John Almquist. The first building was a [[Lutheran]] Church. Almquist built a general store and ran it for thirty years until is burned down in 1911. A school was built in 1910. The two-room brick building now houses the [http://www.amadortownship.com/heritage.htm Amador Heritage Center].
Still in a prominent place at the center of town is [http://www.immanuelalmelund.org/ Immanuel Lutheran Church]. Originally known as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Church,
==Community Life==
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