Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ARTHUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Leaders of a new Amish history museum in Arthur nearly a year in the making said they’re closing in on the ...

The Amish arrived late among the European settlers of Lancaster County, establishing the first church district north of Eden beginning in 1741. The original members of that district were Garbers, ...

Ohio is home to more than 86,000 Amish people. Those populations are growing, but at a time where the smallest farms are disappearing.

HARMONY, MINN. – Eddie Swartzentruber’s childhood growing up in Minnesota’s Driftless Area was different than many of his “worldly” neighbors. There was no TV or video games — or even electricity, for ...

Jaclyn Shaw learned about the traditionalist lifestyle when she moved from California to a rural town in Northern Indiana Jaclyn Shaw learned all about the Amish tradition when she moved from ...

There are settlements of Amish all around the nation but a large number live in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Amish are a group of plain people who are similar to but different than the Mennonite. The ...

Recently I purchased a couple of Amish cookbooks, volumes one and two of "Amish Friends Cookbook" by Wanda E. Brunstetter. I have enjoyed them a lot, and I especially like the Amish history at the ...