LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The Amish population in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County is continuing to grow each year, despite the encroachment of urban sprawl on their communities. Some experts are concerned ...
Living without electricity, taking a horse and buggy for transport and living off the land is still a way of life for Pennsylvania's Amish. While Philadelphia is thriving on arts and culture in the ...
You often see the men behind a team of horses plowing fields. You see women closer to home, tending luscious gardens. You pass their horse-drawn buggies on the road and sometimes see their children ...
Today is Ascension Day, a significant holiday for many Christians, including the Amish community in Lancaster County.As you’re out and about, you may notice more horses-and-buggies on the road than ...
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, ...
The Amish population in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County is continuing to grow each year, despite the encroachment of urban sprawl on their communities. The county added about 2,500 people in 2018, and ...
Lancaster County’s fast-growing Amish population recently exceeded the 33,000 mark as the farming-oriented Plain sect continues to flourish despite the encroachment of urban sprawl. The Amish, who ...
LANCASTER, Pa. – The Amish population in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County is continuing to grow each year, despite the encroachment of urban sprawl on their communities. Some experts are concerned that ...
A woman arranges berries at Glick's Produce stand at the Markets at Shrewsbury, an Amish market near one of Pennsylvania's newest Amish settlements in Glen Rock, York County, on July 4, 2019. Over the ...
My father was born in Pennsylvania, and after spending the better part of his life in New York City, retired to Pennsylvania until his passing in 2014. Taking great pride in his roots, nearly every ...