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
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
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