Captain Billy
The Eastern Star Also Rises
1921 Because the wives of the Masons who belonged to Compass Lodge #265 A.F. & A.M. decided they, too, should have an organization, Robbinsdale Chapter #238, Order of the Eastern Star, was started in 1921 … Read more
The Little Old Home Town
Captain Billy reporting: After an extended trip of two months, which led me throughout the North American continent, it was a rare treat to settle down again to routine duties on the Whiz Bang farm. … Read more
X= Adventure, X= Western Romance, X= Detective
In 1924, five years after Captain Billy and his brothers established Fawcett Publications in Robbinsdale, Triple X became one of the fledgling publisher’s earliest success stories. Edited By Captain Billy’s brother, Roscoe Fawcett and … 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
Robbinsdale’s Most Important Industry
“Robbinsdale’s brick sky scraper, where three million readers all over the United States look to find their jokes, love stories and blood curdling adventure yarns in the three magazines published here- Whiz Bang, True … Read more
File# FF119 Urban
Record number 120 Identification Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society Object number FF119 Number of parts 1 Distinguishing features Newspaper Articles Object name and title Object category Family Files Object name Urban Title Urban, Gus Family … Read more
File#FF035 Wilford Hamilton Fawcett (Captain Billy)
Record number 36 Identification Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society Object number FF035 Number of parts 10 Distinguishing features Photos, Newspaper Articles, Recollection Object name and title Object category Family Files Object name Fawcett Title Captain … Read more