Shepherd University historic preservation student featured in Living History program at C&O Canal Historical Park

Shepherd University senior Claudia Paycheff will portray the character of Mary Bender at Ferry Hill Place, just across the Potomac from Shepherdstown, as part of her historic preservation internship with the National Park Service. Paycheff, in the role of Bender, will discuss her life as a “canawler,” working and living on the C & O…