Sun-Post Newspaper Stories

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The Robbinsdale Post newspaper has covered Robbinsdale for more than 60 years. Today the expanded paper, the Sun-Post, is the weekly news source for Robbinsdale and nearby suburbs Crystal, New Hope, and Golden Valley.   … Read more

Visit Graeser Park

Back in the day, families loved to visit Graeser Park for picnics. There were barbecue grills scattered throughout the park, but many folks enjoyed cooking hot dogs in the beehive fireplace. The fires over the … 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

A Trailblazing Highway and Its Roadside Parks

Graeser Park in 1940

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

About Graeser Park

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

At the Dog Derby

Our biggest and most interesting juvenile contest is our annual Dog Derby. This event is held each year on the ice at Crystal Lake and the boys and girls from Hennepin County towns are invited … Read more

Westphal Post in 1931-32

Historian George Christensen left a fine legacy of our post and its activities during the depression. Westphal Post was called upon for hundreds of things for the unemployed and the sick in this “village.” They sponsored … Read more