Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
Before Robbinsdale had bustling brewpubs, food trucks, busy avenues, or that big old hospital, it was rolling prairie, farms, oak savanna, and swamps. In 1886, Andrew B. Robbins—inventor, entrepreneur, state legislator—looked across the shore of … Read more
A. B. ROBBINS, After whom our village is named, is a native of Maine, where he was born in 1847, but he was only eight years of age when his parents moved West to Anoka, … Read more
Speech delivered by Evelyn Russ Shumway on December 8, 1954 to the First Congregational Church of Robbinsdale Did you ever say “My, how I’d like to have lived in the good old days.”? No cares … Read more
Henry J. Henrickson, a pioneering contractor in Robbinsdale, was born on July 3, 1871, in Loderup, Sweden. At the age of 20, in 1891, Henry left Sweden for America, joining his father and younger brother, … Read more
The Modern Woodmen of America (M.W.A.) was founded in 1883 by Indiana businessman Joseph Cullen Root. A member of several fraternal organizations, Root came up with the idea for the M.W.A. after listening to a … Read more
Andrew B. Robbins was born in Philips, Maine, April 27, 1845 – the son of Daniel and Mary Shaw Robbins. In 1855 his family came to Anoka, Minnesota where his father built the first steam … Read more
Andrew B. Robbins’ eldest daughter Edith Robbins, attended prep school at Macalester and Carleton Colleges, and then went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in 1894, and … Read more
Support your local historical society and your local hardware store by picking up one of our books at Coast to Coast, I mean, Welna Ace Hardware 4140 West Broadway in beautiful, downtown Robbinsdale! Check out … Read more
Andrew B. Robbins was educated in this State. After leaving school he went into the army at the age of 17, and served three years, was with Gen. Sully in his expedition to the Yellowstone, … Read more