Peter James Ward Richie: 2 books
by Peter James Ward Richie
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Robbinsdale was named for entrepreneur, politician, and real estate developer Andrew B. Robbins. While serving in the Minnesota State Senate, Robbins often passed through the area just north of Minneapolis by train. Impressed by the landscape, he purchased 90 acres of rolling hills and lakes. In 1887,...
by Peter James Ward Richie
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
In 1919, Wilford Hamilton Fawcett, better known as "Captain Billy," published the first issue of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang. Filled with jokes and cartoons, the little magazine made a fortune for Fawcett. In 1921, he purchased 80 acres on the shore of Big Pelican Lake near Brainerd, Minnesota, and...