The
Pennsylvania-style Pioneer Barn houses a restored Conestoga Wagon
and related artifacts.
This Conestoga
Wagon brought early pioneer settlers to Holmes County and also helped others
ready to move on west to new territories.
Visitors learn how Amish
schools developed out of the closing of public one-room schools.
South
Bunker Hill School dates from 1857, and served this community until 1951. Amish education
modeled itself on the successes of the country one-room school system.
Guests discover
the patterns of cultural heritage in this display of the variety
of devotional coverings worn by Amish and Mennonites of the area.
The sgraffito
by artist Heinz Gaugel, using a unique reverse art technique, presents
Immigrants’Arrival in the New World.