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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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New Place Alert 🔔 Across the highway from the Wendy’s in Lawrenceburg is a place that has Mennonite made sheds, chicken coops, dog houses, and greenhouses. Some look like tiny homes! All were quality made and the dog houses were the largest I’ve seen. She does free delivery and rent to own with no credit check. However there were a lot of repo units and chicken coops so get a deal on one if you’re looking for them. If you don’t see something you want then you can get one made to your preference and color. Call local Teresa Green or go see her in Lawrenceburg to get one of these. Parking is along side the buildings I show in the gallery below. ⬇️
Today is National Cat Day 🐈 and many of the Amish keep cats 🐈⬛ to get the mice 🐁 out of the barns. The Amish tend to see pets as something that should earn its keep by performing task. Most of them tell me the show animals are a sign of pride for them as pets so you may not see a fancy cat inside their home. Barn cats 🐱 are fine though. I myself have a barn cat called Tom, he’s a Tom Cat 🐈⬛ and helps me keep the rodents out of my car. See him in the gallery below ⬇️ and my other cats 🐈 on my Visit LawrenceburgTN page here - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18hUUgfg4q/?mibextid=wwXIfr #nationalcatday
The Amish are known by certain beliefs and practices that are not like the non Amish or "English" community around them. They don' use electricity because of several reasons but the main one is that it's use will separate them from the natural order of things. If they allow power then they could have computers and internet and depend on the internet or power equipment to do everything for them. It would less reliant on the community and fragment their communal system. When necessary they will use power in a situation where they need it, as in hospitals, department stores, or other places ran by us English people who can serve the Amish. These issues get many people stirred up and neither side has great answers to how much to include or stay away from so you may find differences in opinions on the electricity question.
The Amish woodworks are really good. Made with heavy and solid woods. Some people have a problem when they need transport and loading of your ideal furniture into your home. Many of the delivery places cost a fortune as they are set up for heavier loads. I do have a service connection at Flannery Transport that would be able to help you here. Once you purchase the furniture and the Amish shop has it ready, you can send for Jake and Willy to get it from the shop and deliver it to your home and may even set it inside for you. See their flyer in the photo below or page here as they do many different things that you may need - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61591028330016 - just call or message them for a quote.
We are lucky to live along a bbq route and hold some of the best bbq around! As Big Bob Gibson made white sauce, Memphis made dry rub and whole hog, and the Carolinas duke it out for vinegar. We have 3 places in the Amish Country area that will surely please your appetite and make your Amish Adventure more satisfying. Hinie's BBQ, Amish Country Smokehouse, and Shaffers Meat Market are all really good and each one will have a better brisket than a Bucky's gas stations. Make these places your go to locations for bbq in the Ethridge area!
I have had a few people message me about having a grill or smoker made by the Amish. The Meadow Creek smokers are Amish made and are well known for their quality. You may have seen them on the Yellowstone show. Our Amish Fab and Machine friends make the smokers and grills for the Amish here in Ethridge. A few weeks ago I shared their page and many of you have reached out. To cook at home is very fun and these wood burning smokers don't need any electricity and can last a lifetime. The traffic online for off grid and preparedness has gone really high and those of us with canned foods, water storage, and non electrical ways of cooking may be a step ahead. Look into their line of campfire rings, indoor stoves, shop heaters, smokers and grills. See their page here - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552911380772 - and be sure to get wood from Kenny at Branch Out Tree Management LLC where you can also get tree stump grinding, tree topping, removal, or just delivered to your door. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572445761998
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