The Lone Star State is not known for its large Amish community. Â There is one Old order Amish community near Beeville in the far south. But there are at least two thriving Mennonite settlements. One is a Beachy Amish Mennonite community near the town of Lott, which is just outside of Waco. Â The other settlement is a much larger community outside of Seminole, Texas in the wind-swept west. Â I've had the book Mennonites in Texas: Quiet in the Land sitting on a shelf in my office for a couple of years. Â It's a great book describing these two very different Mennonite communities and I love to take it off that shelf from time to time and just flip through the beautiful black and white photography.
One of the book's co-authors, Susan Gaetz Durate was nice enough to join me for a chat on Amish, Etc this week. Â Click here to listen to an Interesting discussion about the Amish Mennonite community in Lott, Texas.
Carolyn
That was really interesting Keven, I enjoyed the conversation you had with her very much. It is great to learn about the many different Amish / Minnonite colonies.Thanks