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| History of Zion Lutheran Church |
| The Zion Lutheran Church of Ruthven, Iowa had
its "grass roots" among the Scandinavian people who settled in
the Lost Island, Highland and Walnut townships of Palo Alto
County, and area east of Trumbull Lake in Clay County.
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| History of Lost Island Lutheran Parish |
| A Norwegian Lutheran Church had been started in Wallingford in 1863, and
the new settlers
sought the help of this congregation in getting its new church
established. On May 10, 1872, in a sod
hut located about one-half mile east of the present church structure, a
meeting was held. At this
meeting, the Our Savior's Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church
was formed.
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