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 finish line. They hope their 10,000 square foot facility will help ...

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, ...

Andrew Troyer was teaching in his Amish settlement's school in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1977 when his pupils began relaying orders for rope. Troyer had brought his handmade, hand-twisting machine to ...

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 ...

Chrisholm MetroPark in Madison Twp. has ties to Esther Price, the chocolatier; a Nobel Prize winner and the creator of the Richter scale, which measures earthquake activity. Or, at least, the historic ...

DICKINSON — For most people, the Amish community remains largely unseen — a culture defined by tradition, privacy and a way of life intentionally set apart from the modern world. In Dickinson , ...

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 ...