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We are not Amish nor have we ever been Amish or Mennonite in any way.
Anytime you go onto a website and look around and find a few things you like, you end up making sure you can trust the website owners. We want to assure the reader of our love and dedication to our websites as the owners and writers of this website. We also star in our own videos from the actual locations around the Ethridge area Amish community. We have expertise in the lives of the Amish people as we know many of them personally. This friendly context and background gives the website visitor our authenticity as people who would easily be called out as liers if they tried to fake their experience. We only type true and legitimate words here so that the visitor can have trust in us to tell them true and trustworthy sentences and if we don't know something, we write it in as something we don't yet know.
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The Amish of Ethridge website is under the umbrella of The Progeny Adventure Group LLC who owns and distributes the content shown in this website. Mike and Josh are the main controlling members of The Progeny Adventure Group LLC and want to show the areas Amish people in a way that would attract visitors to come see them and have fun in Lawrence county and the surrounding area. This should make since being the "progeny" means kids and "adventure" and "group" mean the website companies under the umbrella all have adventure with kids as a central theme!
About our team
Mike Pilkinton
About the author - Michael Pilkinton
Mike is the main owner with a majority share in the company and all of the websites under the Progeny Adventure Group LLC . When his wife Tara had a 1 pound 13 ounce baby daughter Alana that spent 89 days in the NICU, he knew that parenting was a huge task and one not to be taken lightly. His passion turned into questions that led him to find answers from his 24 years of working in engineering to be applied to parenting with a purpose!
Josh Brown
About the author - Josh Brown
Josh is the only son of an Army special forces father who was on a mission to keep Josh in line. He had to miss several fun things with his friends to mow grass or paint for others. He was a janitor who decided he needed to be teaching rather than mopping the floor. So he went to Trevecca University and received a masters in business science. Josh's father died before seeing him walk the stage or see his son David being born and this makes him want to be a great father.
Growing up in Ethridge
So how do we know anything about the Amish in Ethridge? Mike grew up on 109 High Avenue across the street from his grandparents Henry and Louise Pilkinton and nextdoor from his uncle Donald that everyone called "Hopsing". Across from him was his great grandmother Lillian Wright who was a Dickson before she married. Mike would walk with his grandpa Henry to the Amish on Indiana Avenue and toward South Brace where the majority of Amish lived. They were friends with the Amish and Mike grew up around them. Josh would grow up in Lawrenceburg but befriended people in school who lived in the Amish community as English people. The Amish boys would also hang out with them so Josh got to know them as he grew up and out of school.
Henry and Louise Pilkinton Home.
High Avenue was beside a store and the Farmer Co-Op feed store . The Amish buggies would bring a constant clopping of horse hooves on the road that would make us look out to see them.
Mike's dad who was also called Mike but had a different middle name to avoid the senior and junior titles was a feisty youth who would play tricks on the Amish people. Along with his brother Hopsing, they had a race car and would drag race at what is now the Ethridge Motorsports Park just down from where they lived. They have many stories to tell about Ethridge and the mischief they got into. In a way this website was easy to write and explain since the places and features are just like it was years ago. Time doesn't move things along here and the most common response we get from visitors is "It seems like I went back in Time" when they visitors tell us of their journey.
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I like the Community Supported Agriculture or CSA offerings in Lawrence County. Farmer Brown’s Produce is a great option if you are local and you want local organic produce brought to your door! This is seasonal farming so you have ripe fruits and vegetables hand picked during their season! See Farmer Brown’s Produce below and see if they have any spots available this season! They are local and live among the Amish! https://www.facebook.com/share/1cJ9aXTEPb/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Hinie's BBQ is having their pit pass all you can eat event this Saturday. Set your calendar for February 28th at 12 noon to pig out at Hinie's! See the proof post here - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18XotRuSz8/ as they tell how much it is and what is going to be there. Below are meats from previous pit pass events as an example. This would be a great way to reward yourself when you buy something you wanted from the Amish! #amishmennonitetn
What do you do when you bring someone who doesn't want to hang out in the Amish community all day? There are lots of things to do here that doesn't involve the Amish. You could go golfing at Dixie Oaks, get on target at Eagle Eye or TopGun Arms. Summertown Airsoft is great for kids and adults who want to play. Thrive Wellness has services and a infrared sauna. The racetracks are great for those who like to race! We also have a distillery here you can learn how they make spirits like David Crockett used to do! I mention all of these places and more in my complete guide to visiting the Amish of Ethridge. Drop off your loved one at Adult Daycare at one of our great places so you can explore the Amish community without having t hear "how long will this take" So do you have someone who would rather be somewhere else? #amishmennonitetn
The Amish schools are for walking students as they don't have driveways up to most of them. They have 8 grades in their private school system that ends around 14 or so years of age. The Amish Museum has a replica where they have an near accurate scene from a real Amish school. You can also see the school master desk as the Amish schools usually have unmarried ladies but you may also see married men teaching school. They bring their own lunch and have very little in homework if any is what I hear. The Amish Museum is right there on Brewer Road with all the other neat places to see! #amishmennonitetn
The Amish Country Smoke House is having their final sausage run in March till November so get in while you can. I will leave a page link to contact them as they have a great restaurant who makes some really good bbq. There are a number of good places to sit down and eat here. On Saturday's the Amish Country Depot has breakfast if you come early. The Butter Bean Cafe, Hinie's BBQ, and Shaffers Meat Market are also good options. Taylor Family Farms usually has pullets in the spring for you looking for baby chicks and the Tennessee Tardis in Summertown is an interesting place if you are bringing those with you who may not have ever been here before. #amishmennonitetn
The spring rains can dampen the visit when the storms come in and the rain starts coming down. For us locals we can just go another time but for those who decided to come here from mils away, this could mean the end of their trip. I talk about the weather and what to wear in detail in my course called "The Complete Guide to Visiting the Amish of Ethridge. We get so many people from other states and even other countries who make their way from Nashville's music scene to the rockets in Huntsville Alabama. If you are one of these then be sure to get my course! It's over 22 hours long and included so many resources for kids and young adults to learn how to chart their packing list and make an itinerary. I will add a few things in the comments below if you are interested. To be honest I really need some help. #amishmennonitetn
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