Living in a different century
Buggies instead of cars for transport There aren’t many people who would willingly give up what most consider creature comforts. The Amish roots can be traced back to the 1500’s but they came in early the 1700’s from Switzerland, Germany and Alsace-Loraine in France to Pennsylvania. Not your common road sign Not everyone in the Lancaster area are Amish. At first you might wonder if there are any here at all. To see them you need to drive through the back roads. A big job for one so young The most recognizable feature is the way they dress, then the fact that they ride in horse drawn buggies and often plough their fields with mules instead of tractors. Then you start to recognize the clothes on their clotheslines as most American’s don’t dry their clothes on clotheslines, so it's not a common sight. Lots of trees and greenery Some people call them the plain people because they all dress in a similar fashion, with nothing that can single them out such as butt...