Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
If you grew up around these parts, you may have heard of the Jefferson Highway, an early north-south auto trail that extended all the way from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. A portion of … Read more
Minnesota’s Highway 100, built during the Great Depression, was a stunning achievement in early highway design and construction. The new highway, a mile west of the Minneapolis city limits, extended from Edina on the south … Read more
Robbinsdale’s Graeser Park was built in 1940-41 along the new Highway 100 where it crossed the Jefferson Highway (a popular tourist route established in the 1920s that ran right through Robbinsdale on its way from … Read more
Graeser Park History: 1940-2021 Robbinsdale’s Rock Garden Roadside Parking Area was the last and largest of seven parks built in 1939-1940 along Highway 100. It was renamed Graeser Park in honor of Minnesota highway engineer … Read more
Robbinsdale Historical Society strongly supports the restoration and preservation of Graeser Park, built by the WPA in 1939 as a roadside rest area on Highway 100. We appreciate the volunteers who have been instrumental in clearing … Read more
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 President Diane Jacobson McGee opened the meeting and led with the Pledge of Allegiance. MINUTES of the last Membership meeting and Board meeting were accepted as printed. NEW BOARD MEMBERS were introduced: … Read more
“Save the Beehive” has become a rallying cry in Robbinsdale lately. Our town’s Graeser Park (originally called “Robbinsdale Rock Garden Roadside Parking Area”) is home to the only beehive fireplace still standing in its original … Read more
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 6:30pm, in Robbinsdale’s Graeser Park Map Don’t miss the big finish to the wonderful “Meet me at the Beehive” series in Graeser Park! Hear Minnesota-born Rick Shefchik discuss his book ‘Everybody’s Heard About the … Read more
Join us at Graeser Park on Tuesday Evenings for these FREE, FUN Community Workshops Located on West Broadway just north of Hwy. 100, this historic park is named after Carl Graeser, designer of “Lilac Way” … Read more