 Due to the large hazardous swamps, the Post Office and railway station were moved to a more favorable location in what is now the town of Calamus.The present day location of Calamus, a small village on the Union Pacific Railway, was platted in 1860 by R. S. Dickinson, who owned the land on the north side of the railroad, and Col. Milo Smith, who owned that on the south.James Keith opened the first store here containing a small stock of groceries and accessories, located about where the present day Faith Lutheran Church stands.