Big Hearted Gus
GUS URBAN’S MEAT MARKET- Gus Urban came with other members of his family to Minneapolis in the 1880’s. He took a job working for Mr. C. Coulter of Robbinsdale in 1895 as driver, salesman on … Read more
People
Christensen’s Blacksmith Shop
-THE BLACKSMITH This is a view taken about 1906 looking northeast from 42nd and West Broadway – then called Crystal Lake Avenue and Shingle Creek Road. The First Robbinsdale State Bank now occupies that site. … Read more
Thanks Diane!
The new year is bringing so many changes! This month Diane Jacobson McGee has decided to step down as our organization’s president and retire from the Robbinsdale Historical Society’s Board of Directors. Diane has spent … Read more
The Mayors of Robbinsdale
Andrew B. Robbins Born: 1845 in Phillips, Maine Elected 1893 Robbins had a nose for opportunity and as a former state senator and the brother-in-law of lumber baron, Thomas Barlow Walker, he was well connected … Read more
Explaining E.J. Cooper
Born in 1897, E.J.Cooper volunteered for the army Air Force in August of 1917. He took flight training as a pursuit flyer, recalls flying over New York City at 4000 feet altitude, praying for no … Read more
Westphal Post in 1931-32
Historian George Christensen left a fine legacy of our post and its activities during the depression. Westphal Post was called upon for hundreds of things for the unemployed and the sick in this “village.” They sponsored … Read more
How Deep are the Divisions Among Us?
Much has been said, and indeed there has been much to lend credence to the arguments that the American society is deeply divided. The old often have made it clear that they mistrust the young … Read more
A.B. Robbins Arrives
This is the second in a series we’ve put together to share Roberta Lee Scoville’s Robbinsdale History paper from 1976. The image at the top of the post features our old village hall and … Read more