Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
1940 Census: 6,018 (a 36% increase since 1930) The decade of the “forties” will never be forgotten because of World War II. Local events included the opening of a hospital in Robbinsdale, registration of voters, … Read more
The Robbinsdale Lions Club was organized February 28, 1939, with 24 charter members. The first officers included Donald Ruble, president, H. Elmer Westmoreland, Jim Lowe, Arthur Starbird, Orvold Boyum, E. J. Cooper, Ivan Wagner, Clyde … Read more
MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. About thirty people attended. Secretary Carolyn Lageson highlighted Minutes of the September 13th Board Meeting. President Diane Jacobson McGee reported our … Read more
1938 Many complaints had been received by the Council about the water quality (which was being obtained from Minneapolis) so the Village purchased land from Mrs. Edith Robbins Daniel for $18,000 on July 12, 1937, … Read more
1937 On Memorial Day the Robbinsdale Concert Band paraded in the services at the flagpole on Victory Memorial Drive and in the parade on Nicollet Avenue in new uniforms made as a WPA sewing project. … Read more
1936 It had long been the dream of many citizens to have a high school in the village, but conditions had never seemed right until 1935 when the Federal Government, under its PWA program, added … Read more
1935 On October 2, nearly the whole town took time to stop to greet Mrs. Olive S. Newell at 4414 West Broadway on her 93rd birthday. She was born in 1842 and married Oliver W. … Read more
1934 John L. Suel, editor of the Hennepin County Enterprise newspapers became the acting postmaster of Robbinsdale. He succeeded L. J. Nasett. Suel was the secretary of the North Hennepin Democratic club. Prior to … Read more
1933 In February two Robbinsdale families had to find emergency shelter with friends after a fire of mysterious origin destroyed their two-story framed house on Fairview Avenue near Twin Lake. A Dog Derby for … Read more