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The museum was established in
1978 after the North Branch School District sold the land and
buildings to the township for $1. A group of citizens
formed the society which has collected local memorabilia and
formed the museum in the former two room brick school house.
The former two room brick school
house was built in 1910. The children walked hand in
hand from the first wood frame school built in 1890 (located
at the intersection of Maple Street and CSAH #12) to this new
school. This structure is now the Amador Town Hall.
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A large collection of local
memorabilia was donated by Carl Almquist, a major supporter of
the society which formed the museum.
The property is owned by Amador
Township and maintained by the Friends of the Amador Heritage
Center. They sponsor a community event, the
“Amador Apple Festival” the third Sunday of
September each year in order to support this project.
Please consider donating a couple of hours for this event. You don’t have to live
in our township to support us!
In 1990, the society purchased an
additional parcel of land from the Clifton Sjoberg estate for
a Swedish Immigrant Log Farm.
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The first log
structure was donated by Rodger Nelson and was the original
Gustaf Shoberg dwelling constructed in 1869.
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The second log
structure was donated by Allen Peltier and was originally on
the Ringstrom farm. This is an early, 1850 era small
log cabin and is located in the wood to the north of the
first stucture.
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A wood frame
storage building was donated by Frank & Marlene Meissen.
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A log granary
was donated by the Johnson family and moved to the site in
2005.
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Greg Sykes
donated a 1880 vintage log cabin in 2006. It will be
constructed in 2007 behind the museum.
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All of the log
cabins have been reconstructed with help from the
Sentence-To-Serve crews.
While some church memorabilia is
located in the church, some is also located in the Amador
Heritage Center which also has a replica of the first church
structure made by Carl Almquist. The museum also has
replicas of the first creamery and a large variety of other
local and community memorabilia.
Donations of vintage clothing,
furniture and local memorabilia are being sought. The
museum is open on Sunday afternoons in the summer months or by
appointment. Contact Lin Strong at 651-269-3580 for more
information.
Your donations and memorial gifts are very much appreciated.
The Amador Heritage Center is a chapter of the Chisago County
Historical Society, a 501(C)3 non-profit organization.
Donations may be sent to Amador Heritage Center, 15695 – 368th
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