DID YOU KNOW?

That Amish speak "Deitsch" or Pennsylvania Dutch, a unique American/German dialect... and that teens go through a period called "rumspringa", when a certain amount of misbehavior is anticipated and tolerated.

Amish Life

Simple people, living simply off the land — that’s the Amish way. With a high regard for craftsmanship and a duty to God and family, members of the Minnesota Amish in Harmony County continue to flourish amidst the hustle and bustle of the world around them.

Gaining your trust is so very important to us, and we want you to better understand why Amish handcrafted furniture is so special. The outside world may have become cynical about "quality" and "integrity", yet these words are the hallmark... the very essence that is the Amish way. You can trust in the materials we use, the craftsmanship we employ and the earnest labor of love in every item we offer.

• Over 200,000 Amish in the U.S.
• Roughly 5,000 Minnesota Amish
• Master Craftsmanship found
  only in Harmony County, MN

From the time that Jacob Ammann lead the breakaway of the Anabaptists from the Mennonites in 1693, the Amish have been driven to follow a more disciplined way of life. In the 18th centrury, these European Amish began emigrating to America to escape poverty, war and religious persecution. Today, no Amish live in Europe, yet over 200,000 live in the U.S. and Canada. Although the first Amish congregations settled in Pennsylvania, the Amish continued to settle from Alabama to Maine to Minnesota. Our Minnesota congregation settled in the late 1880’s in Harmony County, and it’s where we continue our work and life today.

Now, you may have often wondered why today’s Amish drive horse driven buggies, yet use certain generators and sometimes even a telephone. It all has to do with a crucial conference held in the 1860’s by neighboring Amish communities concerned with the direction their lives should take given the new pressures from modern society. Those that began to accept many of these new "luxuries" became today’s Mennonites - however, those that resisted, and desired to preserve the old ways — the Ordnung — became known as the Old Order Amish.