In 18 th - and 19 th-century rural North America, barn-raising was a thing. But these days the Amish are among the last communities to carry on this mostly forgotten tradition in which neighbors ...

David Stoltzfus clambered down the skeletal walls from the roof of the horse barn his family’s construction company is building for Saddle Rowe Horse Farm, passing up the ladder and not once losing ...

An Amish barn-raising, where an entire community comes together to build a neighbor's barn without the use of modern tools, is one of the most enduring traditions of America. Has it ever occurred to ...

The Amish have long been famous for barn raisings. Now, they're becoming known for building houses for the non-Amish, often using ancient construction techniques. About 600 Amish contractors or ...

In the calm of a sunny summer day in Richland in Oswego County, the banging of hammers, gnawing of hand saws and humming of a generator filled the air. More than 60 Amish from Oswego County and ...

In the calm of a sunny summer day in Richland in Oswego County, the banging of hammers, gnawing of hand saws and humming of a generator filled the air. More than 60 Amish from Oswego County and ...

LaRue- "Are you coming to the barn raising?" The question from a neighbor sparked the idea of a time-lapse video for Pleasant Elementary School sixth-grade math teacher Scott Miller, who had ...

John Ebersole’s workshop, deep in the countryside of Christiana, smells of wood warmed by late-morning winter sunlight. It’s not a large space. Three visitors, plus Ebersole, are enough to make it a ...

Amish builders were hard at work on the roof of a new barn in chilly weather Monday afternoon on Marion Avenue Road North in Richland County. They won't be leaving their jackets at home any day soon, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. MASON CITY — A "monument to agriculture,” in danger of falling apart and disappearing forever, is being ...

MARSHALL — The Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance is working with the local Amish community in Albion and the Calhoun County Fairgrounds to repurpose and preserve barns currently located on ...