September 20, 2010
We have been in Holmes County, Ohio for the last few days. Holmes County is home of the largest Amish Community in Ohio. We have visited many shops and enjoyed the farm countryside. We went to see the largest horse in Holmes County
We drove to Kidron to visit Lehman’s Hardware Store. Now this is a fascinating place. Jay Lehman started a small store in 1955 to support the lifestyle of his neighbors the Amish. We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Lehman and learning about his store. He was worried that perhaps one day his friends and neighbors wouldn’t be able to find non-electric tools, appliances and other historic items. His goal was to find and offer these things then, now and into the future. He has become a successful merchant selling oil lamps and parts, wood burning kitchen cooking stoves, wood burning heating stoves, gas refrigerators and freezers, hand-cranked items and many more authentic and historic things. If it is not available in his store, one of his associates will turn to the many catalogs available to see if they can get it for you. This is truly a great service organization where they really put the customer first.
While driving to the Post Office at Orrville, Ohio we came to the J.M. Smucker’s Store and Café. We stopped for a sandwich stayed to learn some Smucker history. This is a fun place and of course they sell their products and we just happened to need some blackberry jam.
This is “Big Ben” who is 19.3 hands tall. That is 6’7” at the withers. The withers is generally regarded as the last hair in the mane of most horses. It is the highest part of the horse’s shoulder when it head is lowered to the ground.
Wow, Charlotte says this is a very large horse.
We drove to Kidron to visit Lehman’s Hardware Store. Now this is a fascinating place. Jay Lehman started a small store in 1955 to support the lifestyle of his neighbors the Amish. We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Lehman and learning about his store. He was worried that perhaps one day his friends and neighbors wouldn’t be able to find non-electric tools, appliances and other historic items. His goal was to find and offer these things then, now and into the future. He has become a successful merchant selling oil lamps and parts, wood burning kitchen cooking stoves, wood burning heating stoves, gas refrigerators and freezers, hand-cranked items and many more authentic and historic things. If it is not available in his store, one of his associates will turn to the many catalogs available to see if they can get it for you. This is truly a great service organization where they really put the customer first.
This place was so busy and I was so fascinated that I forgot to take any pictures inside.
While driving to the Post Office at Orrville, Ohio we came to the J.M. Smucker’s Store and Café. We stopped for a sandwich stayed to learn some Smucker history. This is a fun place and of course they sell their products and we just happened to need some blackberry jam.
We had our picture taken with the lovable Pillsbury Doughboy. I’m the one on the right.
We found this cute little owl in a shop in Berlin.
Our owl is a perfect travelling companion for us. He is cuddly and doesn’t require to be taken out in bad weather. I think this could be Char’s second favorite pet (Richard and Vera's dog Brandie is still her favorite).
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