These photos were taken around the Amish settlement of Munfordville, Kentucky. Â They were all part of an early journalism project I was working on chronicling the "Great Migration", which was a large influx of Amish who left Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for the cheaper and less crowded land of Kentucky.
Not many people submitted a guess, but Carol got the closest with her speculation that the photos resembled sorghum crops in the south. Â These photos were taken in 1992. Â I originally thought they were taken in March, but now I am not so sure. Could be the autumn.
Either way, this was definitely a simpler time to be Amish. I don't think one can overstate the immense pressure the emergence of the internet has put on Amish traditions. Â Yes, they generally don't use the internet, but almost everyone else does and that has created a lot of pressure everyday on the Amish. Â Back in 1992 such pressure was non-existence, it was only pressure from expanded suburbia that impacted the Amish.
Today the pressure comes from all sides. Â So enjoy these serene scenes from Munfordville. Â I dug up a newspaper article from 1992 about the Amish moving to Kentucky and, wow, is it packed full of every southern stereotype you could imagine. Â Sheesh. Â Well, one of the southerners quoted in the article predicted the Amish wouldn't last 10 years in Kentucky. Â Over 20 years later the Amish are deeply rooted in the Bluegrass State, so he was wrong.
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Guess I was a wee bit off! Oh well,it was still fun!