After posting about the latest Horse Progress Days, held last week in Clare, Michigan, I was fortunate enough to receive not one, but two sets of photos from attendees of this year’s edition – from Jim Halverson, who many of you will recognize from frequent excellent photos here, and from Milo G. Miller, Publisher of the Budget newspaper. Some of you might be readers of…
Michigan, what is the deal? It seems like once or twice a month now we have another story of a serious car-buggy road wreck coming out of the Wolverine State – where Amish, of course, end up on the losing end. Reports are coming out over the past hour or two, out of Gladwin County, Michigan. Here’s the summary from abc12 News: GLADWIN COUNTY, Mich….
The Amish Acres complex in Nappanee, Indiana was a long-running and popular tourist destination in northern Indiana Amish Country. It offered a restaurant, theater shows, and Amish-themed tours and activities. I think it’s fair to say it was one of the best-known Amish-themed tourist attractions in the country, maybe “top five” even. After a 50-year run, the property was sold by its original owners in…
A tragic accident happened several days ago in Emmet County, Michigan. A five-year-old Amish boy lost his life on the road. Here’s what happened, via the Emmet County Sheriff’s Office: On July 1, 2025, at approximately 2009 hours, Emmet County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a fatal traffic accident on Sand Road in Maple River Township. The driver involved is a 50-year-old male from Maple River…
We got a preview of this song two weeks ago. Now Amish couple Ben & Rose have released the full version of “The Robin & The Eggs”. Neat to hear and see the full version after the teaser! Many – but of course not all – of Ben and Rose’s songs have an upbeat feel to them. But as mentioned on the preview clip, this…
Horse Progress Days, the Amish horsepower showcase now into its fourth decade, will kick off tomorrow (July 4th) and run through Saturday. This is a moveable event, but as in previous years, this year’s edition is happening in Clare County, Michigan, home to a sizeable Amish population. It will be held at the Alvin Yoder, Jr. farm, according to a report in Wilcox Newspapers. More:…
The 2025 Amish Population Report The 2025 Amish population figures have just been released by the Young Center at Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County, PA. As always, the Amish population continues going up (never down). This reflects their high birthrate, and the tendency for most people born Amish, to choose to remain Amish, by being baptized in the church. It’s a trend that has continued…
The community is Salem, Indiana. The two words that first hit me to describe this Amish home are “spacious” and “squeaky clean”. You’ll see what I mean in the photos below. This is also a quite “low” – or, in other words, plain or traditional – Amish home. In this case that means zero bathrooms. The area of Salem has more than one Amish community…
It’s been a bad few days for Amish on the road in northern Indiana. Last night, an Amish husband and wife were killed when their buggy was rear-ended. Prior to that, reports had come out of a bicyclist killed on Friday in the Goshen, Indiana area. It turns out that the victim in that case was a 52-year-old Amish man. From the Elkhart Truth: GOSHEN…
Reports are just emerging that two people have been killed in a crash in Marshall County, Indiana, involving an Amish buggy and a motor vehicle. The Amish in Marshall County would belong to the large Nappanee community, home to over 6,000 Amish people. From WNDU: MARSHALL COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) – Two people are dead after a crash on Monday evening involving a vehicle and an…