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This happened December 23rd. From WZTV: WEAKLEY COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — An 8-year-old boy was killed a house fire in an Amish community in Weakley County, Tenn. on Wednesday. Jason Arnold, Battalion Chief at McKenzie Fire and Rescue, said crews responded to the blaze just after 11 p.m. and arrived to find a home along […]

Continue Reading House Fire Claims Amish Boy’s Life In Tennessee

Two people in Tennessee are lucky to be alive after a bad accident with a runaway horse. From the Tennessee River Valley News Facebook page, posted Saturday morning: HENRYVILLE, TN- A local couple is lucky to be alive after a runaway horse belonging to an Amish family ended up in the cab of the truck […]

Continue Reading Tennessee Couple Survives Head-on Collision With Runaway Amish Horse

This Amish home stands out to me for several reasons. First is its simple but somewhat unusual design. It is one story, but pretty large in size – 3,200 square feet. Amish homes tend to be two stories, but maybe this family is not fond of climbing stairs. They decided to build their whole home […]

Continue Reading Inside A Tennessee Amish Home (13 Photos)

Walking into the auction with the day growing long and things winding down, I knew exactly what I was looking for. When I spotted a stand with baked goods, I beelined over. The stand owner had set up under the porch of one of the farmhouses on the auction property, there in the Ethridge, Tennessee […]

Continue Reading Baked Goods by Mary Mast (Ethridge, Tennessee)

I always tell people that if you are new in an Amish community, and want to meet the locals, the best thing to do is to visit their businesses. Larger communities like Lancaster County and Holmes County have significantly more Amish businesses. But they’re not as densely located or convenient to visit as in Ethridge, […]

Continue Reading 57+ Amish Businesses You Can Visit (Ethridge, Tennessee)

It’s been quite a while since we’ve done one of these “10 views” posts, though I used to do them regularly after visiting an Amish settlement. Ethridge was a delight to visit, and I can say the sun went down too soon. We met some friendly folks just by dropping in to local Amish stores […]

Continue Reading 10 Views Of The Ethridge, Tennessee Amish Community

Who to call when you need your building “hand-demolished”? To the general public, “Amish” often equates to handcrafted – meaning hand-milked cows, handmade quilts, hand-built furniture, and the like (whether that perception is always accurate is another question). And in that spirit, one Tennessee city found that an Amish hands-on approach was exactly what they needed […]

Continue Reading Amish “Hand-Demolish” Historic Tennessee Building

Don Burke, who’s previously shared photos from places like Kalona, Iowa; Jamesport, Missouri; and an Amish “ghost town”, today takes us to the Ethridge, Tennessee community. Ethridge is a conservative Swartzentruber community, and depending on how you define the region, the largest Amish settlement in the South. The people here are decidedly plainer than in communities like […]

Continue Reading A Visit to the Amish of Ethridge, Tennessee (29 Photos)

This past Monday, Amish at Ethridge, Tennessee were victims of a pair of armed robberies. In both cases a truck was used to block the road, and an armed individual emerged to demand money. The assailants even shot at one Amish buggy as it fled. The good news is that authorities have captured three suspects. It sounds like, for their trouble […]

Continue Reading 3 Arrested For Armed Robberies Of Tennessee Amish

Local produce auctions can be an important sales outlet for Amish farmers. An Amish person from Ethridge, Tennessee explains for a story in the Tennessean: “We nearly have to keep the auction going to keep our families together. It’s for our future. We want our kids to have an outlet to sell at a fair market.” The […]

Continue Reading The Plowboy Produce Auction at Ethridge, Tennessee