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Stahly–Nissley–Kuhns Farm
The Stahly–Nissley–Kuhns Farm is a historic farm located at Nappanee, Indiana, Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana. Nappanee was established in 1874. ''Note:'' This includes . The Farm is part of Amish Acres, which includes the old farmstead and additional structures brought in to show Amish life. The Kuhns farm includes the farmhouse, a bank barn, a windmill, a "grossdaadi haus," (grandfather house), an outhouse, a food drying house, a bake oven, a smokehouse, a root cellar, a Sty, hoghouse, and a garden plot. Associated with the farmstead is a cider mill, which was operated by the Kuhns family. The mill building was moved onto the property by the family around 1900. The mill is not a part of the historic area because it was moved onto the property. The garden plot is a site. The windmill and root cellar are structures, which were supportive of human activities. The windmill was used to generate power; the root cellar was related to food storage. Closely associated with the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nappanee, Indiana
Nappanee is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, Elkhart and Kosciusko County, Indiana, Kosciusko counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,648 as of the 2010 United States census, 2010 U.S. Census and had grown to 6,913 by the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. Census. The name Nappanee is thought to mean "flour" in the Central Algonquian languages, Algonquian language. History Several hundred years ago, the indigenous Mound Builders built their settlements in an area to the north of the city's marshes. Pottawatomi arrived in the area from near Green Bay, Wisconsin in the 1700s, partially displacing the previous Miami people, Miami inhabitants. The Pottawatomis had settlements on the Elkhart River at Elkhart, Goshen, and Waterford, and at Monoquet between Leesburg and Warsaw in what became Kosciusko County, Indiana. Thus, the Plymouth-Goshen Road near Nappanee probably follows the course of an old Indian Trail. The first European settlers came to the area in 183 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
