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The Johnson Brothers Dairy on West Broadway in 1936.

 

Along with the rest of the country, Robbinsdale grew up in the 20th century, but the first suburb of Minneapolis still feels like the small town Andrew B. Robbins dreamed up more than a century ago.

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In 1919, Captain Billy Fawcett published the first issue of Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang. Filled with jokes and cartoons, the little magazine made him a fortune. In 1921, he purchased 80 acres on the shore of Big Pelican Lake near Brainerd, Minnesota, and built a bluff-top village of cabins. The following year, as Fawcett Publications in Robbinsdale brought out True Confessions magazine, construction began on the Breezy Point Lodge.

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You can support us by purchasing Robbinsdale history books and postcards. Order online or stop in and buy at the museum. Chances are you’ll learn something interesting from the past you didn’t know before!