Robbinsdale Gets a Streetcar Line

The Minneapolis streetcar went only as far north as the intersection of Penn Avenue North and 32nd Avenue.The only way for people north of there was to get a ride to the stop by horse … Read more

A Picturesque Village

“Soon after the creation of Robbinsdale the Car Shops and the Hubbard Manufacturing Company were destroyed by fire and Robbinsdale again became purely residential.” “Some boisterous characters who frequently drive through Robbinsdale on Sunday on … Read more

The M.W.A. Park

A streetcar stopped at the Modern Woodsman of America Park at on Johnson Road (36th Avenue) near the Southwest tip of Crystal Lake . In the early 1900’s, the lake came up to about where … Read more