La Vie Robbinsdale
This post is the fifth in a series based on the A+ history paper Roberta Lee Scoville’s wrote while attending Minneapolis Business College in 1976. The picture up top of features Robbinsdale in the … Read more
Wilford Hamilton Fawcett
Bring on the Whiz Bang
1919 The Security Bank was incorporated December 16, 1918, opening for business January 16, 1919, in the same one-story building which had housed its predecessors, two banks which were once described by Mrs. Stillman as … Read more
Our Next Membership Meeting is March 22nd!
Robbinsdale’s historical connection to Breezy Point, Minnesota dates back to the days of Whiz Bang. In 1919, Wilford Hamilton Fawcett, better known as “Captain Billy,” published the first issue of Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang. Filled … Read more
About Robbinsdale
Introduction Robbinsdale was named for entrepreneur, politician, and real estate developer Andrew Bonney Robbins. While serving in the Minnesota State Senate, Robbins often passed through the area just north of Minneapolis by train. He was … Read more
File#FF035 Wilford Hamilton Fawcett (Captain Billy)
Record number 36 Identification Institution name Robbinsdale Historical Society Object number FF035 Number of parts 10 Distinguishing features Photos, Newspaper Articles, Recollection Object name and title Object category Family Files Object name Fawcett Title Captain … Read more