In Robbinsdale we usually associate Captain Billy and Fawcett Publishing with our summer civic festival, Whiz Bang Days., but there was another magazine that helped put Robbinsdale’s publishing giant on the map. A couple years after the success of Whiz Bang magazine, Captain Billy bobbed his hair, hiked up his skirt and stepped into the […]
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Save the date for a book signing with four local history favorites! Join Iric Nathanson , Pete Richie and Cedar Imboden Phillips Saturday January 31st from 1- 3-PM at the Calhoun Village Barnes and Noble The Minneapolis Riverfront With the Mississippi River’s only true waterfalls at its front door, Minneapolis harnessed the power of […]
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Organized in 1939, The Robbinsdale Sportsmen’s Club officially adopted a constitution and by-laws on August 28th 1941. The first President was Rudolph Beck. Another original member, Jester “Mike” Banholzer was listed as the vice president of the organization. Shortly after World War II activity in sportsman and civic clubs swelled and the Robbinsdale Sportsman […]
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On a high shelf under a stack of age-old maps and scrapbooks, we came across a little old album. There were just under 50 photos neatly arranged on black paper, framed by captions and comments written in white. The album appears to have been put together by a woman named Johnson. The photos provide us […]
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Two months from now the Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale will mark its third year of operation. By the time May rolls around more than one and a half million people will have passed through the doors of the most beautiful suburban theater in the world. Built at the cost of about $750,000 in May 1952, […]
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