Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
By H.O. Sonnesyn editor of the Robbinsdale Post Robbinsdale was incorporated April 19, 1893, and was named after the late A. B. Robbins, whose daughter, Mrs. Edith Robbins Daniel, still resides here and is secretary … Read more
In the late nineteenth century, Robbinsdale was founded, platted and planned as a streetcar suburb. Andrew B. Robbins knew that reliable transit to Minneapolis was the best way to attract new residents and connect the … Read more
In the early 1900s, Robbinsdale was a small community on the northwestern edge of Minneapolis. Its citizens were eager for the city to grow, and decided to form a band as a force to promote … Read more
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
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
Mr. John Trump and family came from Iowa to Robbinsdale in 1890. He broke ground for a new store in April of 1890. He operated a general merchandise store on West Broadway where Twin City … Read more
This Free Will Baptist Church – always known as the “Little White Church”, stood on what is now West Broadway near the Bass Lake Road, on the farm of Josiah Dutton – who came from … Read more
GUS URBAN’S MEAT MARKET- Gus Urban came with other members of his family to Minneapolis in the 1880’s. He took a job working for Mr. C. Coulter of Robbinsdale in 1895 as driver, salesman on … Read more
The 3rd Annual Cootie Medallion Hunt will take place Wednesday, October 14th through Sunday, October 18th! No buttons to buy this year. Medallion hunters will need to make a $5.00 donation to the Robbinsdale Historical … Read more