Students in the NDSU Public History Program are set to premiere two historical documentaries about the Red River Valley as part of the Fargo History Project.

NDSU graduate and undergraduate students are slated to present “The 1862 Siege at Fort Abercrombie” and “The Randolph Probstfield Story” on Friday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, Minnesota.

The Fargo History Project is a public history initiative sponsored by Angela Smith, assistant professor of history at NDSU. She designed the project and the associated website, www.fargohistory.com, as a vehicle for student research. Each fall, students conduct research and add their findings in a multimedia format to the site. The project’s aim is community education and local history engagement. Both documentaries will be posted to the site after they premiere.

“So often work is produced and the only audience is the course instructor,” Smith said. “The students in this class focused on research about two compelling local history topics and created two short documentaries with a public audience in mind.”

The presentation of the documentaries and student comments is expected to last approximately one hour.

For more information about the Fargo History Project, visit www.fargohistory.com.

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