License or No License
The important question that now confronts the people of this village is, would it be for the best interests of the village to issue licenses to the saloons now in existence in the lower end … Read more
Odds and Ends
An Ordinance Relative to Fire Works, and to Prevent the Unlawful Discharge of Firearms
The Village Council of Robbinsdale do ordain as follows: SECTION 1. No person shall hereafter fire off, discharge or explode any gun, pistol or other weapon upon any street, alley, avenue, lane or public place … Read more
An Ordinance to Prevent Fast Driving
SECTION 1. No person shall drive any horse or horses, mule or mules, or other animal or animals in any street, lane or higbway, within the limits of said village, at a rate of speed … Read more
PRISM serves Robbinsdale & Beyond
The Robbinsdale Historical Society’s next monthly meeting, Tuesday, October 22, at 1:00 pm, will focus on PRISM, a nonprofit organization founded in 1970 by folks who were concerned about hunger and homelessness among local families. … Read more
Milestones of Robbinsdale
This post is the ninth in a series featuring a history paper that Roberta Lee Scoville’s wrote while attending Minneapolis Business College back in 1976. The image at the top of the post shows the … Read more
According to the Shumway Sisters
Haakon Christiansen This post is the eighth in a series featuring a history paper that Roberta Lee Scoville’s wrote while attending Minneapolis Business College back in 1976. The photos at the top of the … Read more
Hang in there Robbinsdale!
This post is the seventh in a series featuring the history paper Roberta Lee Scoville wrote while attending Minneapolis Business College in 1976.
Bill Ewald is our Guest at the next Membership Meeting!
Chris Ewald emigrated from Denmark in the early 1900’s. Ewald got his start on rented land near Lake Hiawatha in South Minneapolis. After the Minneapolis Park Board acquired the land he was renting, Ewald purchased … Read more
Looking Back from the Turn of the Century
Minnesota became the 32nd state in the Union in the spring of 1858. The community we know as Robbinsdale was not as yet organized as were others in the state. This was a farming community. … Read more