Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrew Troyer was teaching in his Amish settlement's school in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1977 when his pupils began relaying orders ...

Andrew Troyer was teaching in his Amish settlement's school in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1977 when his pupils began relaying orders for rope. Troyer had brought his handmade, hand-twisting machine to ...

There are settlements of Amish all around the nation but a large number live in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Amish are a group of plain people who are similar to but different than the Mennonite. The ...

Over the past couple of years, Strasburg Township's zoning office in Pennsylvania found itself fielding more and more requests from Amish people to house horses on residential lots. Most Amish in ...

Pennsylvania’s Amish population is the largest it’s been, prompting some Amish families in the Lancaster area to move farther west, researchers said. “It is growing fast,” said Kyle Kopko, an Amish ...

Andrew Troyer's Rope Company, which began as a school project, now supplies major retailers like Tractor Supply. Many Amish businesses, such as Chupp's Country Cupboard, thrive on word-of-mouth and a ...