Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
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
The speaker will be Rebecca Crass, a member of Faith Lilac Way Lutheran Church and co-chair of the church’s 75th Anniversary committee. She will show at short video on the history of the church and … Read more
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 President Diane Jacobson McGee opened the meeting and led with the Pledge of Allegiance. MINUTES of the last Membership meeting and Board meeting were accepted as printed. NEW BOARD MEMBERS were introduced: … Read more
Mrs. Henry E. (Dorothy) Hartig prepared her history of Robbinsdale in 1948 for the Robbinsdale Library Club. Dorothy was active in many civic organizations and in 1978 she helped organize the Robbinsdale Historical Society. In … 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