Here’s a buggy incident with a “happy ending”. A plow (assuming they mean snow plow) spooked an Amish buggy horse, sending the buggy straight into a ditch. But the driver noticed, and stopped to help. More from WGRZ: CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, N.Y. — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office said no one was injured after an Amish buggy recently went into a ditch. Initially reported as a…
Pennsylvania is home to the nation’s largest Amish population. These ten communities rank as the biggest in the state, based on the most current population estimates. Pennsylvania has the largest of all Amish settlements – found in well-known Lancaster County. But the Amish live in many more locations across the state. Here’s a look at the top 10 Pennsylvania Amish communities by size. Population numbers…
And while it’s uncommon, it’s not the only one like that. The Amish community at Littlestown, Pennsylvania (Adams County) also stretches into Carroll County, Maryland. The young settlement is the subject of a recent report by WHP/CBS 21. In 2021, Joe Donnermeyer compiled a list of Two-State Amish Settlements for us, which included over a dozen such communities. This one should also go on that…
An Amish man has been left with life-threatening injuries, and a horse dead after an 18-wheeler struck a buggy in Ohio’s largest Amish community. More from WKBN: STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – A crash involving a semi-truck and a horse-drawn buggy hospitalized one man and killed a horse. That’s according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The crash happened just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday…
A popular Amish-backed bank has recently opened its eighth location, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Bank of Bird-in-Hand was founded in 2013 and has proven an unmitigated success story for its customers in the southeastern Pennsylvania region. The bank has made news often in the past – including for its unusual means of reaching its customers – providing a “Gelt Bus” mobile bank to make…
It’s happened again. Authorities seek a man and a woman wanted for an attempted kidnapping of an Amish boy – only the latest attempted abduction of an Amish child. This happened yesterday in Gallia County, Ohio, in the southern end of the state. More from WSAZ: GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) – Deputies are investigating a reported attempted abduction that allegedly happened Wednesday in Green Township….
Two months after it was first reported, a high-tech warning system designed to alert drivers to Amish buggies on the roads might be coming to life in one county in Virginia. Reports are that Pittsylvania County, VA might be the first to see this system in use – at least the first in Virginia. It’s unclear if this has been tested or implemented elsewhere. And…
This had to be frightening. The 22-year-old Amish woman inside was dragged down the road (while still inside the buggy, fortunately). Also, fortunately, it turns out she is alright. Yet another bad experience delivered by an (alleged) DUI driver. This one happened in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Here’s more via the Daily Voice: Brad J. Rodarmel, 46, was driving a 2005 Honda Pilot when he tried to…
Today’s Amish home is found in Scioto County, Ohio. A standout feature of this Amish property is a second home – which, as we’ll see in the photos, has been used as a schoolhouse for the community (more on why below). Scioto County lies in southern Ohio, right on the border with Kentucky. There are actually two separate, but very small Amish communities in this…
This is one you don’t see every day: Amish in a Michigan community want to be allowed to build a river crossing to make buggy travel safer. It’s a project that would otherwise cost the government millions of dollars. But – and here’s the kicker – the Amish want to do it themselves, bypassing red tape. Not only that, they want to cover the full…