This Lancaster County Amish community home is going up for auction in about two weeks. It’s also listed in Zillow with a full array of beautiful photos, so let’s have a look. On the outside at least, this is a more traditional-looking home than the previous Lancaster County Amish home we looked at here. It’s an old brick farmhouse with an addition or two. This…
The 10-month old wasn’t the only one thrown from the buggy. Also ejected were a 2-year-old and a 24-year-old Amish person. You might assume this was a family, and the 24-year-old was the mother. There aren’t a lot of details but the 30-year-old buggy driver – I’m assuming the father – had to be flown to hospital. Having to be flown somewhere might mean his…
The story of the Amish using e-bikes is not a new one. Particularly in Holmes County, Ohio (but also in other progressive settlements), the zippy transporters have been on the rise for years now. I remember seeing them used by Amish there for the first time in 2018 (though they’d been around a while already). Suffice to say it catches your eye when you see…
Jim Halverson is back today with a great set of photos from a more “off-the-beaten-path” Amish community – this one at Cass City, Michigan – one of the state’s 50+ Amish locations. Despite what it might sound like, Cass City is actually a village of about 2,500 people, and Amish live in the surrounding areas of three counties. Jim tells the story of this settlement…
In our last conversation, Ben Riehl and I did a follow-up on the “Do Amish think they’re the only true Christians?” topic. Specifically, you may have heard some people who have left the Amish, describe being taught that they will be doomed to hell – if they leave the Amish. I wanted to get Ben’s thoughts on this – how accurate is this, where does it…
Here we have a quite traditional Amish home in the settlement at Lamoni, Iowa (Decatur County). It’s one of Iowa’s two-dozen-plus Amish communities. This community was started in 1997, and has three church districts. Lamoni has been mentioned here before, most recently in Joe Donnermeyer’s look at ‘The 14 “Two-State” Amish Settlements‘. As Joe reported at the time, around a dozen of the settlement’s homes…
Sunday was a bad day for Amish buggies on the road. Two Amish children – a teen and a younger one – were killed in separate accidents, in Virginia, and New York. Another Bad Crash in Farmville, VA To start with Virginia, I’m not quite sure what is wrong with the drivers in the Farmville area. A young Amish girl was killed and six others…
A New York State Police K-9 Handler is being hailed as a hero after he saved a four-year-old Amish girl in a runaway buggy. This actually happened back in May, but there was little-to-no coverage of it – at least none that came across my radar. Now, the trooper is in the news after being praised for his selfless actions. From the Sun Community News:…
By the end of 2024, the number of Amish communities, known as settlements, will likely exceed 700. As recently as 1999, that number was slightly less than 300. The phenomenal growth of Amish settlements is nearly as rapid as the growth of its population. Although settlement growth is remarkable, there is the other side of Amish history – the settlements that did not make it….
As noted in the latest update, the trial of Shawn C. Cranston will take place this coming November. The Corry, PA resident is accused of killing Amish woman Rebekah Byler, 23, and her unborn baby. A bit more news has come out after Cranston appeared at a pre-trial proceeding Monday. Jury selection has been scheduled for November 12. Other details from the report at yourerie.com:…