Holmes County

There has been a lot of speculation over the Holmes County Amish shooting.  Many have wondered about the lack of a bullet hole in the buggy, and the distance from which the gun was fired. Over the weekend, reader Mary (not to be confused with Michigan Mary, who has also added details) shared some insights [...]

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Michigan Mary, who commented earlier on the Ohio Amish shooting, has shared some photos taken in Holmes County last week. In my neck of the woods we just hit winter–both technically and meteorologically speaking, with the season’s first snowfall yesterday.   Looks like they’ve had a bit of the same lately in Ohio. Exotic animal [...]

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Rachel Yoder was killed by a stray bullet from a hunter’s rifle, according to new reports. A hunter was getting ready to clean his weapon about a mile and a half away, and discharged the firearm into the air.  In the most recent news piece I can find, Holmes County Sherriff Timothy Zimmerly describes it [...]

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Following yesterday’s post on the Ohio Amish shooting, there was some discussion on the group of Amish victim Rachel Yoder belonged to. Rachel was apparently a member of the Andy Weaver Amish, which is colloquially known as the “Dan” Church (thanks to Michigan Mary, who was about a mile away at the time of the [...]

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Sad story: late last week a 15-year-old Amish girl was shot and killed while returning home by buggy in the Holmes County, Ohio Amish settlement. Rachel M. Yoder was coming back from a Christmas party for employees of the produce business she worked for. The shooting apparently happened a few miles east of Fredericksburg, near [...]

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If you walk to the back of Raber’s Bookstore and hang a right, this is where you end up. The sister stamp shop to Raber’s is full of everything you need for some serious stamping. An entire wall of stamps. And some more.  Stamping is popular among Amish women in particular.   It’s not uncommon [...]

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Amish-owned Raber’s book shop in Holmes County, Ohio We’ve featured Raber’s Bookstore a number of times on this blog.  Raber’s is a long-lived Amish book seller in the heart of Holmes County.  Mary Raber, who runs the place, kindly let me shoot a few photos during a recent visit. The outside of the shop.  It [...]

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I’m off to Indiana this morning.  A few highlights of the past week in Ohio: Sitting with an Amish friend one afternoon, we made plans to take my truck up the road to visit his father.  ”Do you want me to drive?” asked my friend.  I turned around and checked with his wife.  ”Can he [...]

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It was a wonderful day in Holmes County yesterday.   Early rain, which meant a lot of laundry under porches.  But that went away in a hurry after noon.  Here’s the proof:

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