Robbinsdale Historical Society
Sharing Your Past To Build Our Future
1947 The August 20th edition of the Robbînsdale Post reported that the Robbinsdale City Band won the Minnesota State Fair Championship for the third time in a row under Paul Larson, director, and Léon Chelmosky, … Read more
1938 Many complaints had been received by the Council about the water quality (which was being obtained from Minneapolis) so the Village purchased land from Mrs. Edith Robbins Daniel for $18,000 on July 12, 1937, … Read more
1923 In March, Henry Uglem (above) defeated Tom Howard and F.D. White to win a three cornered fight for mayor. Uglem had 338 votes to Howard’s 253. White took 213 votes. Uglem intermediately went to … Read more
1920 Census 1,369—a 79% increase since 1910 The decade of the “twenties” is remembered by many as the very best decade of their lives. The war to end wars was over and times were booming … Read more
Civil War veteran, farmer, politician, and businessman Jay Elijah Nash was born on March 29, 1843, in Hadley, Massachusetts. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Union with Company D of the 27th … Read more
1912 On the last Friday in April, Arbor Day at Parker school was celebrated with songs and recitations at morning assembly. Forty silver maple and elm trees were planted by the first grade boys … Read more
1901 County commissioners paid contractor, D.J. Falvey $150 dollars per mile to build a new bike path between Robbinsdale and Champlin, 10 miles to the north. Arctic explorer Charles E.S. Burch spent two months in … Read more
1894 In January people in Robbinsdale were advised to arm themselves when traveling on Crystal Lake Avenue to Minneapolis after dark, after B.J. Browning had been held up by robbers while returning home after selling … Read more
The unobstructed view over the beautifully undulated open country to the west, obtained from the concourse at the 26th Avenue entrance to “The Victory Memorial Drive”, is, in my estimation, the greatest asset of the … Read more