Two Harbors, Minnesota Two Harbors, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Two Harborswithin Lake County, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Two Harbors inside Lake County, Minnesota Website City of Two Harbors Two Harbors is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Lake County, Minnesota, United States, along the shore of Lake Superior.
Minnesota Highway 61 serves as a chief route in Two Harbors.
Gooseberry Falls State Park is positioned 13 miles (21 km) to the northeast.
7.2 Two Harbors Public Library 9.1 Gooseberry Falls State Park 9.2 Split Rock Lighthouse State Park In the early years Two Harbors consisted of two separate communities called Agate Bay and Burlington.
It took only "one short day"[clarification needed] to get from Duluth to Two Harbors.
By 1886 the D&IR instead of the Lake Division connecting Duluth and Two Harbors with passenger service that extended to Ely MN.
On February 26, 1907, the village reincorporated as the City of Two Harbors.
By 1883 the Minnesota Iron Company had purchased all but four acres of Thomas Sextons territory around Agate Bay.
By 1885 the Minnesota Iron Company convinced Thomas Sexton to sell his remaining four acres along Agate Bay.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.30 square miles (8.55 km2), all of it land. Two Harbors is positioned 20 miles northeast of the town/city of Duluth.
It is positioned along Lake Superior, which contributes the two natural harbors for which Two Harbors is named, Burlington Bay and Agate Bay.
According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Two Harbors is positioned in a region called the Laurentian Mixed Forest Province which contains broad areas of coniferous forest, different hardwood, and conifer bogs and swamps.
There were 1,649 homeholds of which 27.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.3% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
In 1901, the village of Two Harbors decided it needed a high school.
On February 12, 1902, Two Harbors Central High School was dedicated at a total cost of $35,025.
A popular vote for a new building to be positioned two miles (3 km) north of town on Lake County Highway 2 (CR 2) was passed in 2003.
In fact, if it weren't for the discernment of close-by iron ore, Two Harbors would not exist.
The Minnesota Iron Company bought 17,000 acres (69 km2) of territory in order to build their barns .
In Agate Bay (Two Harbors) most of the territory was bought from Thomas Sexton, who by that time had owned the territory for twenty years.
A tourist views Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" preserved at Two Harbors (2004).
Although different locations were considered for the barns end and shipping port, Agate Bay was chosen because it was closer to the iron ore site and provided a clay bottom bay, while most the rest were rocky.
The culmination of the stockyards between Duluth and Two Harbors did not occur until 1886.
The North Shore Scenic Railroad operates a six-hour excursion starting in Duluth which has a two-hour break in Two Harbors.
The first Two Harbors Cigar Factory was called Two Harbors Cigar Factory.
3 - M, originally known as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, was started by five men from Two Harbors.
Even with moving the business out of Two Harbors the business still had ties in Two Harbors until the death of John Dwan.
Now the only tie 3 - M has to Two Harbors is a exhibition in the initial office of John Dwan.
Lake County Search and Rescue is a division of Lake County's Sheriff department.
The Two Harbors Public Library originally opened as a Carnegie Library in 1909 with a $15,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie.
The Two Harbors Public Library presently homes over 30,000 books, magazines, CDs, audiobooks, and DVDs.
Residents of the town/city of Two Harbors and the encircling rural region are served by the Two Harbors Public Library and, through the library's membership, the Arrowhead Library System. stayed in Two Harbors its entire working longterm position except for a small stint amid World War I it spent two years on the east coast moving warships around.
Mok-qua Bennete, or John Beargrease as he was better known, was an Ojibway man who bringed the mail between Two Harbors and Grand Marais.
John Stein (the first caucasian child born in Lake County) about how John engaged a bear.
The town/city also hosts the Lake County Fair, The Two Harbors Folk Festival, Heritage Days, and the Two Harbors Kayak Festival.
Two Harbors is one of the checkpoints for the Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, as well as the start line for the Grandma's Marathon and the North - Shore Inline Marathon.
Hovey, wrote a mystery set in a fictional Two Harbors senior living center entitled, "Whistling Pines" (published in 2012), followed by a sequel entitled "Whistling Sousa" (published in 2013).
Two Harbors provides five improve parks inside the town/city limits.
The Thomas Owens Park homes the city's band shell, home of the Two Harbors City Band, the earliest town/city band existing in Minnesota.
Two Harbors is the gateway town/city to the Northern Shore of Minnesota.
Highway 61 is the only primary highway heading north/north-east along the shore of Lake Superior and is the quickest way to travel to the eight state parks of the North Shore, as well as Wayside rests and Lake-shore access.
Crosby Manitou State Park, Temperance River State Park, Cascade River State Park, Judge C.R.
Magney State Park, and Grand Portage State Park.
Located 13 miles up Highway 61 Gooseberry Falls State Park encompassed the Upper, Middle, and Lower Falls of the Gooseberry River, and miles of trails, lake-shore picnic region and campground.
A 15-mile stretch of the Gitchi-Gami State Trail joins Gooseberry Falls State Park and Split Rock Lighthouse State Park.
5 miles further up Hw61 Split Rock Lighthouse State Park is home to the Split Rock Lighthouse.
Located inside but separate from the State Park, and run by the Minnesota Historical Society, the 1910 lighthouse grounds are open year-round for tours, and the lighthouse and restored buildings are open from May to October for historic tours.
The State Park offers miles of hiking trails, picnicking along the shore of Lake Superior, as well as access to the Gitchi-Gami bike trail and Lake Superior Hiking Trail.
The secluded cart-in and backpack campsites are persistently voted among the best in the State for their privacy and views of Lake Superior.
35 miles past Two Harbors, on the Baptism River, Tettegouche State Park is the biggest park positioned on the North Shore covering over 9,300 acres (38 km2).
Features include six inland lakes, two and a half miles of Lake Superior Shoreline, and four beautiful waterfalls.
Two Harbors offers access to Minnesota trails.
The Sonju hiking trail can be used to view the Two Harbors shoreline, and the Gitchi-Gami State Trail is available for use by pedestrians, bicyclists, and skaters.
North Shore State Snowmobile Trail includes scenic views for snowmobilers, as do the Yukon Snowmobile Trail and Brimson Snowmobile Trail.
Don Moen Singer/songwriter, attended and graduated from Two Harbors High School Lute Olson Hall of Fame college basketball coach, who coached the Two Harbors High School basketball team from 1957 1961 United States Enumeration Bureau.
Two Harbors Centennial Commission.
Two Harbors, 100 Years : a Pictorial History of Two Harbors, Minnesota and Surrounding Communities.
Two Harbors: Lake County Historical Society, 1983.
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