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Welsh Mountain Amish Seek Better Life Over Image
In Welsh Mountain Pennsylvania a 300 person Amish enclave seeks to shed a reputation for lawlessness and poverty. Residents describe hardships of aging housing and limited water while a new Mennonite built clinic offers ongoing care. Local elder Ike Boots recalls past violence and hopes for improved housing and health services.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Welsh Mountain
Antipoverty
Jacqueline Hackman
Buzzard
Ike Boots
Sid Boots
Lynch