The first families of the Horse and Buggy Mennonite community moved to their new location off Highway M, southeast of Gallatin, in March of 2008.
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Mr. Zimmerman and his family moved in 2012, representing the ninth family to leave Tunas, in south Missouri, for the new location. Mr. Zimmerman says everyone seems happy with the move. The crops are growing, the sheep and cattle and other livestock are thriving, and their several diverse businesses are doing well situated on the highway.
Mr. Zimmerman was good enough to help us map the many Mennonite businesses located along M Highway. A few are off the beaten path down gravel roads, but well worth the drive if you’re in the market for things that are mostly homegrown and handcrafted. The Mennonites sell products like eggs, raw milk, and grass-fed beef. Many of the families do carpentry and construction work.
The Mennonite families are looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving. The holiday festivities are not much different than that of their “English” neighbors. They will first have church services. Then the families will gather for the traditional Thanksgiving meal. They will remember their forefathers and the reason they came to America.
“We are thankful every day,” says Mr. Zimmerman, “and at Thanksgiving, we are especially thankful for our religious freedoms.”
New bakery, fencing, deer processing
The grand opening for Galen Stauffer’s Grand River Feed-N-Supplies will be held Saturday, Nov. 28. Products include animal feeds, animal health, gates, fencing, feed bunks, hay rings, stock tanks, and much more. Free coffee, donuts and pulled pork sandwiches on opening day!
Quintin owns Pleasant View Greenhouse and Produce Market, a popular stopping place for gardeners and landscapers and anybody who enjoys fresh vegetables and flowers. He also has Daviess County Metal Roofing and Siding. His family is presently getting a building ready, and they will have a new bakery open by spring of next year.
Hunters will be happy to know that another new business is located within a mile or so of Highway M — Menno Stauffer’s Meadow Lark Farm Deer Processing.
A list of families and Mennonite businesses located along M Highway