Gardner HCR was founded by William Gardner, MA who is a passionate historian and preservationists. Mr. Gardner has formal training in Archaeology and Anthropology and has served as a Coroner in West Virginia, an Instructor of Forensic Medicine at Marshall University and the Forensic Anthropology consultant to the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. It is while working with a Historic Anthropology Team excavating Civil War soldiers in Virginia, that he "caught the bug" of Historic Preservation. Mr. Gardner & Team, use their collective talents to make a difference in the community. Mr. Gardner asserts ",,,we have grown and expanded our services, created new technologies and collaborate with a wide variety of Specialist to fulfill our mission of commitment, to preserving history."