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    Home » Everything Amish » Plain Culture

    Amish iin the News Special: The Old Order Mennonites of Lead Mine, Missouri

    Published: May 16, 2018 · Updated: May 16, 2018 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

    By Kevin Williams

    Springfield, Missouri is a decent-sized town in the southwest part of the state.  I've been there a couple of times over the years.   The name of the local paper is the Springfield News-Leader and years and years ago the features editor expressed interest in running The Amish Cook column.  But in what became a years-long "cat and mouse" game the editor always said he was "interested" in the column but then kept putting it off.  It was annoying and I eventually came to the conclusion that he just didn't want to tell me "no" but that he never really intended to subscribe to the column.  Annoying.

    One time I was in Springfield, Missouri to do an interview on a morning news show to talk about one of our cookbooks.  I couldn't find the TV station.  This was in the days before GPS and cell phones and I just remember driving all over the city at 5 a.m. trying to find the station in the dark.  I think I eventually found it with about 2 minutes to spare. Fun times.

    The Plain population outside of Springfield, Missouri has grown a lot since those days.  Webster County has long-had an Amish community, but there are newer ones cropping up through the area and there is a really interesting sounding settlement of Old Order Mennonites near the town of Lead Mine.  Somone shared this article with me on Facebook and I just realized the article is four years old.  Oh well.  Still an interesting read with some great photos.  Click here!

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    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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