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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 70. Chapters: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Holmes County, Ohio, Nappanee, Indiana, LaGrange County, Indiana, Arcola, Illinois, Arthur, Illinois, Sullivan, Illinois, Shipshewana, Indiana, Kalona, Iowa, Amish Friendship Bread, Amish school shooting, Pennsylvania German language, Ordnung, Amish life in the modern world, Amish way of life, Rumspringa, Amish religious practices, Subgroups of Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch, Amish Acres, Weavertown Amish Mennonite Church, Wisconsin v. Yoder, Devil's Playground, Ausbund, Lehman's Hardware, Amish Paradise, For Richer or Poorer, Radical Reformation, Clinic for Special Children, Barn raising, Amish furniture, Northkill Amish Settlement, Donald Kraybill, Pinecraft, Yoder, Kansas, Aaron's Way, Kidron, Ohio, Amish in the City, Bundling, Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch, The Budget, Martyrs Mirror, Himmelsbrief, Dordrecht Confession of Faith, German-Pennsylvanian Association, Amish music, Amish taxi, Family Life, Weaver Furniture Sales, Raber's Almanac, Hochstetler, Pathway Publishing Company. Excerpt: Lancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010 the population was 519,445, Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the 99th largest of 361 MSAs in the U.S. The city of Lancaster is the county seat. Locally, Lancaster is pronounced -ist- r, unlike the city in England for which it was named. Lancaster County is a popular tourist destination, due mostly to the many plain sect residents, known as the Amish or Pennsylvania Dutch. The term Pennsylvania Dutch comes from the earlier use of Dutch to apply to all immigrants from Europe speaking German. They are the descendants of Germans (Deutsch) who immigrated in the 18th and ...
