Odds and Ends

September Membership Meeting Minutes

The September 22, 2015 Membership Meeting of the Robbinsdale Historical Society was called to order by President Diane Jacobson McGee. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. The Minutes of the last meeting of the Society … Read more

May Membership Meeting Notes

The May 26, 2015 Membership Meeting of the Robbinsdale Historical Society was called to order by President Diane Jacobson McGee. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. The Minutes of the April meeting were reviewed by … Read more

Horse and Buggy Public Safety

  Born in Austria , John Bloberger came to Robbinsdale when he went to work for the railroad in 1894. In the early days of the village, Bloberger served as Village Constable, Street Commissioner, Village … Read more

April Member Meeting Minutes

The April 28, 2015 Membership meeting was called to order by President Diane Jacobson McGee. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.  The Minutes of the March meeting were accepted as mailed to the members.  Rollie … Read more

The Crystal Theater

In 1916 William J. Muller opened his first drug store in a little wooden building next door to Gus Urban’s Meat Market. Ten years later, he built a new brick front drug store and the … Read more

March Meeting Minutes

MINUTES OF MARCH 23, 2015 The Robbinsdale Historical Society met at the Public Safety Building. President Diane Jacobson McGee called the meeting to order. We recited the Pledge of Allegiance. About 25 persons were in … Read more

The Security State Bank

On January 1916, The Security State Bank, incorporated December 16th, 1918, opened for business in old Robbinsdale State Bank Building. The previous bank, incorporated in 1906, failed at least twice, was lampooned by the local … Read more

Robbinsdale’s Most Important Industry

  “Robbinsdale’s brick sky scraper, where three million readers all over the United States look to find their jokes, love stories and blood curdling adventure yarns in the three magazines published here- Whiz Bang, True … Read more

A Room Full of Robbinsdale

The room full of Robbinsdale will open to the public at 1:00pm on Saturday, November 15th and run through the winter months. The Robbinsdale exhibit is the first in the new series: “Our Hennepin County”. The … Read more