A new video has offered a fascinating insight into the rarely-seen on camera Amish community and their exemplary work ethic. In a time-lapsed clip lasting three minutes, thirty seconds, the deeply ...
Some Lancaster County farmers are rebuilding barns as fast as a suspected arsonist is burning them. At least five barns have been torched throughout the county since November, including one in West ...
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Some armed with hammers, others with nail guns, Amish men swarmed over the wood frame of what will soon be John Esch’s new dairy barn on Monday, July 14th. Esch lost his old barn, at 3470 W. Newport ...
The Amish community comes together for a variety of reasons, but none of them provide such a picture perfect opportunity like an old-fashioned barn raising. By the end of the day on Wednesday, Aug. 29 ...
The Amish: Barn Raising Day examines how Amish manage to raise a barn in a single day. Both post and beam construction, the traditional barn construction method, and the more modern stick-built ...
One by one, the pre-built pine rafters were flipped into the air, guided by ropes and Amish men. The men clambered up to the top of the stable boards and began hammering the rafters in place. In a ...
An aerial view shows the scope of the effort to relocate a nearly 150-year-old barn from a Douglas County farm to the Illinois Amish Heritage Center campus in the heart of Amish country, between ...
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Stan Sperlak had a vision of what his barn should look like, and he may have found the one construction company that could deliver it. Sperlak, 51, of Goshen, had heard about Amish ...