10 Unusual Amish Communities
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Published 2021-07-22
My name is Erik Wesner and I'm not Amish. Back in 2004, I met the Amish by accident...while selling books door-to-door. Since then, I've visited over 5,000 Amish homes, and dozens of Amish communities. I write about the Amish at amishamerica.com/
Image credits: David Arment, Jim Halverson, Se Yim (Milverton Amish), Don Burke (www.flickr.com/photos/ozarkinspirations/), S.I.
Articles cited:
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"Odle-ay-ee-oo! Amish in rural US hold tight to Swiss traditions" by Kevin Williams, Aljazeera America
america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/11/swiss-ami…
"Amish expand in South America, Canada" by Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press
www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/jul/02/amish-expa…
Videos I mentioned:
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The 6 Amish Buggy Colors
• The 6 Amish Buggy Colors
All Comments (21)
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I appreciate how you tell it the way it is without putting the Amish in a bad light.
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From a purely linguisic perspective, I'd love to see a meet-up between Old Colony Mennonites, Amish, Swiss Amish, Hutterites, and speakers of Texas German, Yiddish and modern Standard German, just to see how the dialects have diverged and to what degree they're still mutually intelligible, if at all.
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I've really enjoyed all your videos. I've been fascinated by Amish culture since living in Ohio in the 1990's. I would regularly travel to Holmes County to escape the big city - and to connect with the simple beauty and grace of their way of life. Thank you for taking the time and care to share what you have learned. I also appreciate that you are so respectful of their culture.
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I live in Dover and I experience the Amish culture on a daily bases. I am a school driver for 4 families of Amish children. I also drive local shopping trips. I have learned a lot about the Amish culture. I respect their culture but I was shocked to learn how educated the Amish are. Not just academically but they are uneducated about the world around them. For example I was talking with a women in her 40's and she knew nothing about the 9/11 attacks. Maybe life is better that way.
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I. Am. Thankfully. Of you sharing. With us
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Also there is a community in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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I grew up Amish in Garnett ks. Yes they are allowed to drive company vehicles
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Really enjoyed this! I'm from Kansas and there's a pretty decent Amish and Old Order Mennonite population where I am - Garnett is about 3 hours south of me.
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I didn’t know we had a Amish settlement here in Dover. They must not venture out much. Thank you for this video i love this series
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I'm native to Central Kansas. The Yoder Amish folks nearby are very nice and use some powered tools in their work. In fact, they are the best in the area if you need some machinist type work done.
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I'm curious why some do not use the enclosed buggy. Just below Dover there are quite a few Amish. The local Walmart has places for the Amish to park their buggies & horses. They are particularly enclosed.
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My paternal grandmother's family moved from PA to Ontario where she was raised Amish. She left to marry and she spoke Pennsylvania Dutch around the house.
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The last (10th) example was quite amazing, it gave me goosebumps. ♡
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As someone who lives in the Kansas and travels often to central Missouri , I know there is a fairly sizeable community of Amish/Mennonites in central Missouri. Specially north of Lake of the Ozarks and past Columbia, Mo. Since I live in Kansas (Greater KC area), south of Salina, KS is a community with many having the the last name, Yoder which is near Lindsborg, KS , an original Swiss settlement in Central Kansas.
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Do a video on 1. Community interaction, like how some Amish run with Volunteer fire company's, issues with the community such as buggy accidents (one lust happened in PA this week) and basic history of the Amish, (self exiled from Switzerland/Southern Germany for religious reasons)
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We do love the Pathway books. I used them while homeschooling my children and read them aloud to children during children's church. We are Baptist.
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Really enjoyed! As I live in Ontario, it was great to see Milverton and Aylmer featured. I live about an hour away from Aylmer. I would love it if you could do a longer video on the Amish in Canada!
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As a resident of Aylmer, Ontario, I love that you know how to pronounce it. Folks who aren’t from here often pronounce it the way it is spelled. 🙂
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Great channel! Been interested in Amish for a long time, glad I found your content
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Those meeting houses remind me of the Quaker meeting house down the road from me growing up. I went along a couple of times, it was very different than going to Mass!
