Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
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
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
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
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
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
This post is the seventh in a series featuring the history paper Roberta Lee Scoville wrote while attending Minneapolis Business College in 1976.
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
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
WELCOME TO ROBBINSDALE By DeWitt EImo Come, ye jaded urban mortals, Out along the thoroughfare, To the country’s open portals, Where there’s sunshine and fresh air. For that is the tonic legal, And of favored, … Read more