Yoder Farm

Collection:: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Title:: Yoder Farm
Creator:: Yoder, Elmer S.
Publisher:: Yoder, Elmer S. The Amish Mennonites of Macon County, Georgia: the History of the Beachy Amish Mennonite Community of Montezuma, Georgia, from Its Settlement in 1953 through the Year 1980. Hartville, OH: Diakonia Ministries, 1981.
Date of Original:: 1970
Subject:: Mennonites--Georgia--Montezuma
Farms--Georgia--Montezuma
Dwellings--Georgia--Montezuma
Barns--Georgia--Montezuma
Buildings--Georgia--Montezuma
Trees--Georgia--Montezuma
Agriculture--Georgia--Montezuma
Farmhouses--Georgia--Montezuma
Farm buildings--Georgia--Montezuma
Aerial photographs
Montezuma (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Location:: United States, Georgia, Macon County, Montezuma, 32.30516, -84.02741
Medium:: aerial photographs
Type:: Still Image
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: Menno L. Yoder's farm in Macon County, pictured circa 1970, is one of the farms comprising the Mennonite community in Montezuma. Mennonites maintain a rural, communal lifestyle, often choosing to limit the use of modern technology, dress, and entertainment.
Aerial photograph of Menno L. Yoder's farm in Macon County, Georgia, which is one of the farms comprising the Mennonite community in Montezuma, Georgia. Two silos and several barns and outbuildings lie behind the modest farmhouse.
In 1953 a community of Beachy Amish Mennonites from Virginia formed a settlement, which thrives today near the town of Montezuma, Georgia, in Macon County. Mennonites maintain a rural, communal lifestyle, often choosing to limit the use of modern technology, dress, and entertainment.
Metadata URL:: https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mennonites/m-10762/
Rights Holder:: Photograph from The Amish Mennonites of Macon County, Georgia, by E. S. Yoder
Original Collection:: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mennonites
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Holding Institution:: New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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