Robbin, MN

Comment by Glenn Browne on March 27, 2009 at 8:30am

Marcy, Did this store sit on the north side of the road, just east of the bridge and facing South? Do you have any idea when it closed and was torn down.
Possibly a flood got it, considering how close it sat to the Red River.

Comment by Marcy Johnson on November 13, 2010 at 8:44am

Yes, the Robbin Store sat on the north just before the bridge. The Store was built about 1900 on the property owned by George C. Teien and was torn down in 1984. I will have to check on how long it operated. I do remember going into the store with my mother. I have a charge slip of my mother's from December 1941 (before I was born). She spent $4.96 on sugar .63¢, salt .10¢, oatmeal .17¢, corn flakes .20¢, pepper .10¢, bluing 10¢, Oxydol .23¢, yeast .07¢, P & G soap .10¢, brown sugar .25¢, lard .17¢, vanilla .23¢, rusks .15¢, crackers .15¢, baking powder .19¢, jello .12¢, meat .10¢ and flour $2.00. .

Comment by Marcy Johnson on November 13, 2010 at 8:50am

Modern Woodman of America – Robbin Camp, No. 5079, MAW
The Modern Woodman of America used the building for meetings. They were a fraternal benefit society that would protect families and their financial futures following the death of a breadwinner. They also sponsored many community activities. Modern Woodmen of America was founded by Joseph Cullen Root in 1883. In 2010 this is the only building still standing in Robbin, MN.

Comment by Robert Lee Fredrickson on August 2, 2015 at 5:53pm

I remember going there for Woodmen parties. Fredalf Perterson was the Woodmen agent

Comment by Jason Thomson on September 1, 2016 at 7:57pm

I have the old cabinet with over 400 drawers in it . wondering about what year it was from any pics of inside would be interesting .I was also a modern woods men

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