Amish Business

Amish Acres was portioned off and sold at auction yesterday in separate parcels after the owners tried and failed to find a buyer for the entire property. One set of buyers purchased the “entertainment center” containing the famous Round Barn Theatre, restaurant, and other buildings. Another tract containing the hotel was sold to a different […]

Continue Reading Amish Acres Properties Sold For Over $4 Million; May Continue As Attraction (Updated)

Yesterday while traveling on I-81 through Tennessee I stopped in at Yoder’s Country Market (Bulls Gap, TN). This is in the eastern end of the state, the part which juts out between Virginia and North Carolina. This is one of the nicest PA Dutch-style stores I’ve come across. I call it “Amishy” because it has […]

Continue Reading An “Amishy” Country Market

Signs for Mattie’s Place are one of the first things cluing you in as you approach Burke’s Garden, Virginia. For about eight years now, this picturesque valley has been the site of one of the more uniquely-located Amish settlements in North America. Photo by zeesstoff/flickr “Mattie” is Mattie Schlabach. She runs one of the handful […]

Continue Reading Mattie’s Place of Burke’s Garden, Virginia (27 Photos)

Wondering when the mud sales are happening this year in Lancaster County? Not sure what a mud sale is? Read on for the full schedule and more. LAST UPDATED: March 25, 2020 with Coronavirus/COVID-19 Cancellations & Postponements When are the mud sales in Lancaster County? (Jump to full 2020 Mud Sale Schedule)  The annual mud […]

Continue Reading [UPDATED: COVID-19] Amish Mud Sales – Lancaster County 2020 Schedule

Amish Acres, in the Nappanee, Indiana community, is one of the best-known Amish tourist destinations, so this news surprised me. The owners are heading for retirement after 50+ years running the business. Amish Acres will shut down this year on New Year’s Eve. There are currently no set plans for it to be taken over. […]

Continue Reading Amish Acres Is Closing

Pioneer Equipment is a longstanding Amish manufacturer which makes horse-drawn equipment, wagons and other vehicles, and related implements. The company got its start in the mid-1970s when Wayne Wengerd and his father Henry tested out a plow prototype on a back field of their land, a response to the growing lack of horse-drawn equipment available […]

Continue Reading A Closer Look At Amish-Owned Pioneer Equipment (Wayne County, Ohio)

We once had a monthly Amish auction update thanks to the hard work of one helpful reader, but there are too many of them for me to keep up with on my own. However, from time to time I like to promote upcoming auction events, especially ones you readers keep me posted on. Bob has […]

Continue Reading 13th Annual Beeville Amish Auction (Bee County, Texas)

A month ago we looked at the first Amish settlement in Canada – that of Milverton, Ontario. In the post I referenced a quote from Fred Lichti, a Mennonite pastor who lives in nearby Elmira. Fred had this to say in a talk on the community: These Amish in the Milverton area have continued to […]

Continue Reading The Milverton, Ontario Amish School Auction

Sometimes you just know a place is “Amish” at first sight. That was the case as we drove by and spotted Pineview Bulk Food & Deli, just a couple of miles outside the quaint town of Farmville, Virginia. I had a couple of addresses of Amish places in the community, but found my phone signal […]

Continue Reading A Visit To Pineview Bulk Food & Deli – Farmville, VA (30 Photos)

Ever heard of Lehman’s? If you’ve been to the Holmes County Amish settlement, chances are you may have heard the place mentioned or seen it advertised. I have visited two or three times in the past. The store, technically located in the Amish area of Wayne County, has a direct connection with the Amish, dating back […]

Continue Reading 5 Interesting Facts About Lehman’s (Kidron, Ohio)