This 1940s video shows the Amish Huyard family harvesting using traditional methods. This video from the 1940s shows the Amish Huyard family harvesting wheat and tobacco using traditional methods. The ...
The damaging winds of the storm, which swept through the county two weeks ago, flattened acre upon acre of corn. The Amish horse-drawn methods normally used each fall to bring in the crops just didn't ...
GORDONVILLE, Pa. -- Elam Zook puts a caller on hold, removes his headset, and hurriedly confers with two bearded men beside him in the local dialect known as Pennsylvania German. Zook is trying to ...
Albert Mast stood on the bumping hay wagon as if it were as stable as a kitchen floor. “Is this your first time on one of these things?” he asked. His wide straw hat didn’t move an inch, even as his ...
While scrolling through the private Facebook group "I grew up in Iowa", I came across amazing images of Amish society captured by photographer David Marvitz. Over the years, the 78-year-old Waterloo, ...
Lovina and Joe have a bountiful supply of tomatoes from their garden. Many quarts of vegetable juice and pizza sauce are canned and shared with family for the winter months ahead. Last week I wrote ...