Mr. Robbins

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

Stillman’s New House

H. R. Stillman’s new residence is rapidly nearing completion under the able supervision of Architect C. Struck and Contractor J. Pilgrim. After the house is completed it will contain fourteen rooms besides a bath-room and … Read more

The Woodmen Camp

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

Rural Free Delivery

THE ISAAC PATCH FAMILY This picture of the Isaac Patch family was taken in 1892. Isaac Patch Jr., whom we are interested in, is second from the right – back row. He came to Minnesota … Read more

On a Bike!

On several occasions during the last few days the attention of the residents of the village has been attracted by some very strange atmospherical disturbances. During a dead calm, the wind (without any previous indications), … Read more

License or No License

The important question that now confronts the people of this village is, would it be for the best interests of the village to issue licenses to the saloons now in existence in the lower end … Read more

Triple X

1924 On January 15, 1924, Thomas Girling, age 58, died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. As a State Representative of the 36th District and resident of Robbinsdale, he was a champion of rural … Read more

Modern Woodsmen of America

1904 The idea for a library for Robbinsdale took its first concrete step at a meeting April 6th, at the home of W. S. Sayre. Dr. D. G. Colp was elected president and Maude Stillman … Read more