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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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Eva used to work for Bruce at The Amish Market and carries many of the same products. So she may have items that you are looking for as cheeses and butter are being added. She also has more Amish made items than any other store I have seen so if you are hunting something, she may have one. Her store is called the Amish Country Gifts and More and is inside the Amish Museum area at 1014 Brewer Road Monday -Saturday 9-5 so go by the gate and park in front of the store. Take a tour while you are there but you don't have to take a tour to go to the store. See her page here - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61582808396299 - and go by the next time you are in. She also has Flowers Creamery milk that gets hard to find locally once they run out. #amishmennonitetn
Most people come here to see the Amish to get produce, furniture and leather goods. For many they want to explore the culture and leave with a souvenir. I believe there is a lesson to be learned as the Amish have a way of teaching their kids how to be self sufficient. I try to do this as my wife and I try to teach our daughter how to cook, can vegetables, and make pizza in our Ooni. Sometimes we use a campfire to get rid of sticks and make s'mores. These topics are in my courses where sadly most people think I give them tips on how to get a rock bottom price on Amish goods, as if the Amish love giving their hard work away. Hopefully I can make a few parents aware that these skills are important and they can come see them in action. There is no app on the phone for getting base ingredients out from the ground. #amishmennonitetn
Today we release our new course called "Fetch" that helps people match their expectations and lifestyle to a dog that fits them. Or at least this is some of it. I put this on here as many of you have been to the Amish dog breeders and selected dogs as pets. I also talk about in this course about the puppy mills and over breeding that is said to occur in Anabaptist communities on tv. I only play a small role in this course as my business partner Josh is the one you should listen to as he has awards and prizes his dogs have won and many years experience. We do have a webpage dedicated to this new course to see if it is something that could help you. We have seen so many dos punished by training to make them act and behave in a manner they simply can't do so matching a dog breed and littler order to your needs is so natural that very little training is needed. Shae this post with anyone looking to get a dog or add a dog to their existing care. https://progenyadventuregroup.com/fetch-the-dog-course/ is where you can also watch us in a video explaining the course.
Today is National Popcorn Day. The Amish Country Store has specialty popcorn and the Amish Country Gifts and More also has popcorn. I believe both have the old style makers. While in the areas (as both stores are next to each other) you can ask Steven at the Amish Museum about eating dinner with the Amish family next to his home. It was popcorn and ice-cream! He can tell you the long version and take you on a tour of the Amish home there. Maybe even take you on a wagon tour so go by when you can to see the places in this post! #amishmennonitetn
A good jar holder is a good things to have when coming to visit the Amish community. It keeps your canned foods from slapping against each other on the bad roads. I got a new one that holds quart jars as I believe the bigger the better. You can always put smaller jars in it. Pint and 8oz size jars are probably the most common here but I do see quart jars. If you don’t have anything then ask at a grocery store for a box the jars come in. They usually always have them. I talk about this and many other tips in my Complete Guide to Visiting the Amish of Ethridge Course.
I do hope you had a good Saturday and found what you were looking for. I had a good quiet day at home where I made French onion soup 🥣 from scratch. Many of us long for the days of good produce coming in again. So what fruits and vegetables are you most excited to get this year? Tell me in the comments below ⬇️ as I’ll go first! #amishmennonitetn
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