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Club
History
The Two Harbors Curling Club originated in 1963 when the D.M.&I.R.
Railway gave permission to a group of curlers to flood the floor of
their storehouse building. After a year of curling in the frigid
storehouse,
the  curling club, headed by President Walter Egeland promoted the idea
of building a curling club. A group of 75 individuals purchased
a site on State Road #2 from the City of Two Harbors, and with
primarily volunteer labor, they erected a sheet metal pole building in
time for the next curling season. Eventually, the club arranged
a mortgage for funds to install an ice plant. In 1970 the team
of Butch Halden, Jim Osbakken, Giles Anderson, and Dwaine Moe (pictured
below) brought the first State Championsip home to Two Harbors. In 19 83
Two Harbors hosted their first USCA National Mixed Championship.
The Two Harbors Curling Club lost their building to fire during the 1991-92 curling season. In February of
1992 the curling club donated their parcel of land to the City of Two
Harbors, in exchange for a long-term lease for property to construct a
new facility. This new facility was constructed by the curling
club and connected to the existing clubhouse of the Municipal Golf
Course, where it remains a dual use facility. |
