Amish History

Amish or Amana?

About 45 minutes south of Cedar Rapids you come to the Iowa Amish settlement at Kalona, set among the lovely rolling hills of Johnson and Washington counties.  There are 8 or 9 church districts here, making it one of the largest settlements west of the Mississippi. In addition to traditional dairying, raising and milking goats has become especially popular in this settlement in recent years. …