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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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Be sure to try our local restaurants when you're out shopping! It's part of the fun and the places around the Amish Country area are great for kids. Below are a few places we sometimes go. So what is your favorite place to eat while visiting the Amish here in Ethridge?
I spoke too soon! There are plenty of bigger pumpkins coming in at the moment at the Plowboy Auction. I am not sure which homes have them but you can usually see them from the road. Stores will probably be getting them next so be sure to watch for them. The Plowboy Auction is open each Monday-Wednesday-Friday at 11am with bidding at 1pm. Indian corn and gourds are also coming out so stock up on fall decorations. I always get my doctors a funny looking gourd. Do you give Amish made things for gifts? #amishgifts #amishmennonitetn #amishmade
The pumpkins are starting to come out. Be sure to look at the Amish fields for the plants as sometimes you can't see them from the road like to you do in the months of October and November. See the photos below for an example. The corn shocks are also coming so be sure to plan your trip to Ethridge for the fall season. The Plowboy Auction has a lot of them coming in and there will also be plenty at their homes. #amishmennonitetn #pumpkinseason
The smaller pumpkins are starting to come in. The gourds should also be close to coming in now. In September the larger pumpkins start coming in so be sure to plan your trip to get these. There are also fall squash varieties and sweet potatoes coming in now if you are looking for them. The Plowboy Auction just had some smaller pumpkins come in Monday and they will be open Wednesday and Friday if you would like to come see what they have. The Red Hill Orchard is not Amish but they have granny smith apples at 376 Red Hill Center road.
So what is "Amish Country"? This phrase is found all over the country where an Amish community is found. Many people believe the English just use the term to get people in but this phrase simply means the area around the Amish community. The Amish don't use such titles so we adopt the phrase to let people know the place is around the Amish community. Just because it says "Amish" doesn't mean it's "Amish Owned" as the Amish people do not put on their own things the word "Amish" so the connection mistake is that of the visitor. You will certainly see many places with the title of "Amish Country" during your visit so I do hope I have helped you understand why the name doesn't mean Amish owned but the Amish area. #amishmennonitetn #amishcountry
The Amish Country Store might not be owned by the Amish but has good quality foods you can find inside their store. They have a freezer section with local meats from Able Acres and a few other meats. Their deli meats and cheeses are a true delight. They also give free samples of their deli meats so you can try a few of them. They also have grains with a mill and many other things. Get Bend Soap and other goods here. I like to get a charcuterie tray stocked up and a sandwich before going into the Amish community. See their page here for hours, address, and days - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577949503460 - during your next Amish Adventure.
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