Your new neighbors may drive a buggy — Ohio's Amish population is growing
With more than 84,000 people, Ohio has the second largest Amish population in the country. The number is rising rapidly.
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With more than 84,000 people, Ohio has the second largest Amish population in the country. The number is rising rapidly.
Spring in southcentral Pennsylvania brings an annual tradition in Amish communities: mud sales. That’s what they call the country auctions that began in Lancaster County in the 1960s. These days
A couple hundred used buggies — horses not included — were lined up and ready for the auctioneer's gavel last weekend when day began at the Gordonville mud sale, a local Amish tradition dating to the 1960s. Mud sales are country auctions that benefit volunteer fire departments across what the Amish community refers to as the Lancaster settlement, located some 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Philadelphia where the devout Christian group began to settle about 300 years ago. Gordonville's mud sale, one of at least a dozen being held this spring in the region, drew thou...
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Spring in southcentral Pennsylvania brings an annual tradition in Amish communities: mud sales. That’s what they call the country auctions that began in Lancaster County in the 1960s. These days