Maya Taylor '26 My name is Maya Taylor and I am a student at the University of Lynchburg and I work at the Sandusky House. I am currently in my third semester of working at Sandusky and I couldn’t be more pleased with what I am learning. I am a Biomedical Science major but I have always been fascinated with history and artifacts. This fascination led me to an interview at Sandusky spring semester of my freshman year. Since joining the team, I have had many opportuniti

by Haley Sabolcik I never imagined when I began working at Historic Sandusky that I would end up spending days digging in the dirt behind...

It must not be forgotten that part of Sandusky’s history, until 1865, were the enslaved families that lived and worked there. Their...

During the summer of 2015, students from Lynchburg College participated in a five week archaeology field school. These students were, Carl Prater, James Robbins, Victoria Funk, Jackie Burke, and myself. The field school was led by Professor Lori Lee, an adjunct professor of museum studies at Lynchburg College. Throughout this field school, students were attempting to locate the Historic Sandusky Kitchen. In taking the Lynchburg College field school at Historic Sandusky, a lo

I have always been intrigued by archaeology, and on May 20, 2013, I arrived at Historic Sandusky to begin my first field school along with four other graduate history students from Lynchburg College, one undergraduate student from Randolph College, and Lori A. Lee, Visiting Ainsworth Professor at Randolph College. The next six weeks challenged our minds and our bodies as we used the techniqu