La Vie Robbinsdale

  This post is the fifth in a series based on the A+ history paper Roberta Lee Scoville’s wrote while attending Minneapolis Business College in 1976. The picture up top of features Robbinsdale in the … Read more

Hail to the Chief

The first Library and a 1912 map illustrating Robbinsdale’s proxinity to the biggest city in the state. The image at the top of the post  John Bloberger  and  A group of Parker School kids in … Read more

Slow and Steady Robbinsdale

  The image at the top of the page features a Parker’s School postcard from Jeff Vick’s collection. This post is the third part of a series based on an A+ history paper Roberta Lee … 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

Roberta’s History of Robbinsdale

The Shumway Farm and Hennepin County in 1874 This is the first in a series of posts we’re creating to share Roberta Lee Scoville’s Robbinsdale History paper from 1976. The picture at the top of … Read more

Register to win a Free Wig!

We’d rather discount it than count it!!This is our 20th Anniversary and we are most grateful to you, our customers, for your loyal support. This is our way of giving you an extra bonus on … Read more

MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF MARCH 26, 2019

President Diane Jacobson McGee welcomed the fifteen plus persons attending the Robbinsdale Historical Society meeting and then led in the Pledge of Allegiance. The Minutes of the last Membership meeting had no questions or additions. … Read more

Walt’s Lilliput

Despite a depression more than 250 million dollars was invested in miniature golf courses by players across America in the 1930’s. At the height of the Put-Put craze there were over 5,000 courses laid out … Read more