Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Tuscarawas County, part of the greater Holmes County, Ohio Amish settlement.
Tuscarawas County, part of the greater Holmes County, Ohio Amish settlement.
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The body of ex-Amishman Eli Stutzman–convicted of one murder, suspected in four others–lies in a Texas morgue, unclaimed by his former Ohio Amish community. Stutzman’s DNA may be the case-breaker in the 1985 deaths of two Colorado men. Gregg Olsen, author of Abandoned Prayers, commented on the case which has hounded him for the past 20 years. Olsen shares an interesting idea–if Ida (Stutzman’s wife…
Earlier this month, Don Burke gave us the story of how he first visited the Amish in Ohio, along with photos from that trip. We left off as he and his wife Pam were about to continue on — for a first visit to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. So let’s rejoin them now for the next portion of the journey… Don: As we ended the previous…
Nebraska Amish barn-raising photo: Randall Persing These don’t happen too often, but when they do, Amish photographers (erm, that is, photographers of the Amish) come out in droves. The Amish barn-raising. It’s one of the most-publicized images of the Plain People. Has anyone ever witnessed one? The frolic I attended in Ohio in September was more of a ‘shed-raising’, and in fact, most of it…
On Saturday my brother and I paid another visit to the Swartzentruber Amish settlement in western NC (the area of Polkville & Ellenboro). I am happy to report that the community is up to 22 households, up from around 14 in late 2019. At that time I had been informed a couple of families had moved away, and wondered if that signaled a declining trend….
Dover, Delaware Amish buggy The Dover Amish settlement, founded in 1915, lies to the west of the city. The Dover community was settled by Pennsylvania, Kansas, Ohio, and Michigan Amish. Today Dover consists of 9 church districts. Lying near a heavily settled urban area, Dover has experienced similar land and population pressures to the Lancaster County Amish to the north. David Luthy cites the editor…
Rachel Yoder was killed by a stray bullet from a hunter’s rifle, according to new reports. A hunter was getting ready to clean his weapon about a mile and a half away, and discharged the firearm into the air. Â In the most recent news piece I can find, Holmes County Sherriff Timothy Zimmerly describes it as “in all probability” accidental. If there is any “good…