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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.
amish of ethridge tn group of boys getting hay
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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The day looks to be good for looking around and visiting the Amish here in Ethridge. The animal corns are getting closer and the pumpkin plants are getting bigger. Be planning on coming back in about a month when the pumpkins are starting to really come out! The tobacco will be cut and put in the barns and pumpkins will be all over the fields. In October the sorghum will be made so be watching this page for when I hear the news and share it with you so Like and Follow me if you haven't already! See the photos from fall below! #amishmennonitetn
Many of the Amish make things out of polywood. This is more like a hard plastic that won't rust or need painted. It's thick and heavy and won't blow off your porch like the thin deck chairs. It is my preferred materials over their woods as you never worry about a splinter or having to stain it. At 172 Bridy Road in Summertown there is a factory of sorts where you can get a stock set or have them make your own. 16 Long road, 34 Shaffer road and others also make these so be sure to look around and find you a good set of tables and chairs. These also go well with pools as the heavy weight and neat colors seem to hold up well on the side of pools. So do you like the polywood furniture? Who have you seen in the community that makes these? Tell us all in the comments below! #amishmennonitetn
The Hudson and Denson roads are full of Amish that would love to see you. The roads off of these roads also have Amish farms so be on the lookout for signs. Where Buffalo and 242 Henryville road meet, you will see the start of Hudson road beside the campground. Then start looking as there will be Amish homes starting to pick up. These homes go all the way to the turnpike and many of you never knew about them. Waterfork has a playset builder and the top recommended lumber and flooring places. You can find a lot of things around here if you know where to look! #amishmennonitetn
Keep a note pad so you can write down the address and names of the Amish people who have things you liked. As you drive around you can get a list of things and places to go back to. Then you can write them a letter to have them pull you some of their products for your return. I have no way to guarantee a place will have the things you are hunting. To Amish is to hunt is my phrase I repeat as hunting down the things you like is part of the fun! #amishmennonitetn
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