Angela Beaton

Angela Beaton is a graduate student at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota, studying public history. She has a bachelor’s degree in public history and has worked at several museums and historical societies, including the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County.

The time a high school guidance counselor built a Viking ship to sail to Norway

By Angela Beaton

Aug. 8, 2022

While recovering from a fall in 1971, Robert Asp read a book on Viking shipbuilding. This sparked a thought.

From Duluth to Oslo: The voyage of the Hjemkomst

By Angela Beaton

Nov. 20, 2017

It all started when Moorhead Junior High School guidance counselor Robert Asp read a book on Viking shipbuilding.

Germans have a long history of contributing to Minnesota agriculture — including as prisoners of war

By Angela Beaton

July 10, 2017

During the later years of World War II, many rural areas experienced a severe labor shortage. To help ease the pressure, the federal government shipped prisoners of war to the U.S. to work as laborers.