History. Scheels began as a hardware and general merchandise store in Sabin, Minnesota, in 1902. Frederick A. Scheel, a German immigrant, used the $300 he earned from his first harvest of potatoes as the down payment on the first Scheels, which was a hardware store.. Scheels started adding a small selection of sporting goods to its stores in 1954. Over the years, Scheels opened in surrounding ...
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