Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
75 Years From hand-carried buckets of water used by bucket brigades to fight fires in the early history of Robbinsdale, the Robbinsdale Volunteer Fire Department has grown into a modern department with sophisticated equipment available … Read more
NEWS RELEASE January 27, 1976 DEVELOPING QUALITY INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE Construction will begin this month on the $2.5 million Robbins Landing, a 110 unit seven story housing for low and moderate income elderly, in … Read more
In 1890, J. J. Coulter’s Meat Market anchored a busy little main street that included the Trump Grocery Store, Nasett and Linde’s general store, Christensen’s Blacksmith Shop, Irwin’s Wagon Making Shop, Mitchell’s Barber Shop, Peter … Read more
On the First of February in Twenty-five Many of you people are still alive, And remember that night about one o’clock, When you were in bed and the doors were locked The Weird old sound … Read more
MEMBERSHIP MEETING OCTOBER 23, 2018 President Diane Jacobson McGee opened the October meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. Diane then introduced our new Board of Directors: Kristi Putnam Gibson, Susan James Morrow and David Krussow. … Read more
“It was called Parker Station because the station was right on the railroad tracks there…and Parker was really the first guy who had really put some time and effort into it…” Earl Johnston, Robbinsdale Historical … Read more
Robbinsdale High School was completed in time for 1600 students to walk through the front doors on September 14th, 1936. The building was dedicated with impressive ceremonies on May 19th, 1937. The first principal, Milo … Read more
There were other things we’d rather forget, the freakish wind storms of 1923 and 1924, when so many trees were torn down and small houses disturbed, and the KU KLUX KLAN of Minneapolis meeting on … Read more
“Save the Beehive” has become a rallying cry in Robbinsdale lately. Our town’s Graeser Park (originally called “Robbinsdale Rock Garden Roadside Parking Area”) is home to the only beehive fireplace still standing in its original … Read more