Odds and Ends

About Graeser Park

Robbinsdale’s Graeser Park was built in 1940-41 along the new Highway 100 where it crossed the Jefferson Highway (a popular tourist route established in the 1920s that ran right through Robbinsdale on its way from … Read more

Graeser Park History

It’s a small park with a big history! The original Robbinsdale Rock Garden Roadside Parking Area was the crowning achievement of the Highway 100 construction project, built during the Great Depression. Of the seven original … Read more

Doctor Colp’s Home

Dr. Donald G. Colp was one of Robbinsdale’s prominent citizens. He vas born in Nova Scotia. He graduated from then Fargo, North Dakota College and Yale Divinity School in 1897. He served churches in New … Read more

The Schuller Hardware Store

Charles Schuller, started in the Farm Machinery business with Mr. Garrett in Swift’s Old building on April 30, 1897. He was born and raised on a farm in Crystal. After 1iving elsewhere for a while … Read more

Sipe: Sex, Lies, and the Priesthood

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SALEM FILM FEST HOSTS WORLD PREMIERE OF DOCUMENTARY OF FORMER ROBBINSDALE RESIDENT, RICHARD SIPE, SIPE: SEX, LIES AND THE PRIESTHOOD [Salem, MA, Feb. 2, 2021] As part of its winter series preceding … Read more

One of the Big Three

ALFRED PARKER- One of the “BIG THREE” of Robbinsdale’s early history, Mr. Parker was the son of a Methodist minister. He was born in Scarborough, Maine in 1824. Went to sea at an early age … Read more

Observance Will Save Trouble

Traffic Ordinance Regulating riding, driving, travel and traffic in the streets of the village of Robbinsdale and providing a punishment for any violation thereof. The Village Council of the Village of Robbinsdale do ordain as Follows: Sec. 1. … Read more

Alphabet Streets

In the middle of the 1920’s the names of Robbinsdale’s streets were changed to eliminate duplication and create a unified alphabetical system between the villages of Crystal, Golden Valley, and Robbinsdale. Villas Avenue (below) became … Read more