The Crystal Theater
In 1916 William J. Muller opened his first drug store in a little wooden building next door to Gus Urban’s Meat Market. Ten years later, he built a new brick front drug store and the … Read more
Royal Robbins Weddings
At the turn of the century Andrew B. Robbins decided to retire from public office and apply his political skills in a house full of young, unmarried daughters surrounded by a yard of suitors. In … Read more
George Swift’s Drug Store
George Swift was born in Boston in 1848. At the tender age of 13 he enlisted as a drummer boy for Fort Snelling. during the Civil War he marched through Georgia with General Sherman. Swift’s … Read more
March Meeting Minutes
MINUTES OF MARCH 23, 2015 The Robbinsdale Historical Society met at the Public Safety Building. President Diane Jacobson McGee called the meeting to order. We recited the Pledge of Allegiance. About 25 persons were in … Read more
The Security State Bank
On January 1916, The Security State Bank, incorporated December 16th, 1918, opened for business in old Robbinsdale State Bank Building. The previous bank, incorporated in 1906, failed at least twice, was lampooned by the local … Read more
Alfred Parker
The son of a Methodist Clergyman, Alfred Parker was born in Maine in 1824. He served in the Mexican War and went to the California gold fields in the rush of 1849. In the early … Read more
Bofferding’s Point
For at least a generation a little tavern on the edge of Crystal Lake greeted folks on the way into Robbinsdale’s business district. I’m not sure where they put the band, but the little place … Read more
True Confessions
In Robbinsdale we usually associate Captain Billy and Fawcett Publishing with our summer civic festival, Whiz Bang Days., but there was another magazine that helped put Robbinsdale’s publishing giant on the map. A couple years … Read more
The Robbinsdale Sportsmen’s Club
Organized in 1939, The Robbinsdale Sportsmen’s Club officially adopted a constitution and by-laws on August 28th 1941. The first President was Rudolph Beck. Another original member, Jester “Mike” Banholzer was listed as the vice … Read more