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Amish Country
Amish Country... the reason you want to visit in the first place.
The rural countryside around Arthur is home to
over 2500 persons living in the Amish
faith. They live on mostly small, pictuesque farms, and many of them operate on-farm businesses. Some
businesses are established to serve the Amish community directly, some
are set up to fill local infrastructure and subcontracting work for
other local businesses but do take on work for others, and some
businesses are just another retail business that welcomes customers from
anywhere in the hope that they will find something to buy.
If you need a buggy, harness or wagon part made,
or are looking for gas lamps or refrigerators that need no electricity,
those kinds of businesses are around this area. Specialized for the
needs of the Amish, but also used by some others.
There are specialized machine shops that deal with hydraulic conversions of standard electric industrial saws, and woodworking tools, along with any number of shops that back up the local building trades.
Then there are the shops that have product to sell
at retail. They will welcome your visit. Country groceries, quilt shops,
dry goods stores, hardware stores...all with a rural, old fashioned
flavor. Most are lit with gas lamps and some with wood stoves. All
have
hitch racks out front for the locals. Most are staffed by family members
of the resident owners.
Amish country has many special sales, auctions and
benefit meals that welcome your involvement. Check the calendar lose to
the planned time of your visit. There is something special going on
practically every week that you can get involved with.