Donna Jessup served as one of several tour guides Wednesday at Sheridan Veterans Park. (Photo provided)
On Wednesday, the Sheridan Historical Society greeted 100 fourth graders to learn local history in Sheridan Veterans Park, an annual initiative to build knowledge about settlement years. Students from Sheridan Elementary School learned about farming equipment used in early years.
Mary Stone, dressed in a period costume, welcomed them to Boxley Cabin – the 1828 home of Virginia-born abolitionist George Boxley. Boxley escaped jail after he was accused of efforts to free slaves and later ran a farm and school he established in the then-wilderness. His cabin was restored in 2008 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Groups visited the new site of the Sheridan Historical Society Museum now under development at 315 S. Main St. Students also took a tour at the Sheridan Public Library, and they learned about metal detectors to search for artifacts.
Sheridan Historical Society President Ron Stone showed students how to use a metal detector when searching for artifacts. (Photo provided)
Participating as special guides were Sheridan Historical Society President Ron Stone, Mary Stone as a cabin tour guide, Edgar Spear, Linda McClay, Phillip Pearson, Jim Pickett and Donna Jessup.