Calder train Station in 1916. Photo: Wikip.
The Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) Russell-Canora line reached the area where Calder village is located in 1909 and the village was incorporated a year later. Immigrants of various ethnic backgrounds had moved into the area between the rail line and Lögberg Settlement. Jóhannes Einarsson lived in the northern part of Lögberg and had opened a store in his home. When in 1908 the townsite of Calder had been determined, he built a general store on the site with the help of his sons, Sigursteinn and Jóhannes. Jóhannes sold the store in 1941 in order to devote all his time to farming and the various associations he was involved with. In 1910 the village was registered and the same year the brothers Páll and Halldór, sons of Gísli Egilsson and Ragnheiður, his wife, opened a timber and equipment store and its name was Egilson Bros. They ran it until 1936, when Páll died. Jóhannes, son of Jóhannes Einarsson, then bought the equipment store.