It takes just 48 minutes for craftsmen Eli Miller and Chuck Kirkpatrick to build one of the marvels of 19th century kitchen technology -- the Reading 78 apple peeler. So named because of its 1878 ...

Shoppers walk past a 1955 pickup truck out front before entering the trove of Lehman’s delights. A whiteboard holds notes from visitors who scrawl their hometowns. The board is a testament to Lehman’s ...

Editor’s note: This tour of small businesses across the country highlights the imagination, diversity, and resilience of American enterprise. Galen Lehman will take on anyone with his scythe. “I can ...

KIDRON, Ohio — When the rest of the world is in crisis, Lehman’s Hardware thrives. Amish residents have shopped at the east-central Ohio store since 1955 because of the wide selection of nonelectric ...

HRM Enterprises — which runs Hartville Hardware — is buying the historic Lehman's store in Kidron, combining two iconic businesses in Northeast Ohio. The deal was announced Monday. Lehman's, operated ...

KIDRON Jay Lehman was a quiet man who let his actions speak for him. “He had the heart of a servant,” said Glenda Ervin, daughter of the Lehman’s Hardware founder. “Everyone has a language of love.

Lehman’s hardware store in Kidron — “the gateway to Amish country,” as marketing director Glenda Lehman Ervin calls it — is one of those stores that surprises even the most seasoned of shoppers, a ...

For family fun close to home, plan a visit to Lehman's, on the square in the tiny village of Kidron (about an hour south of Cleveland). Voted the Best Destination in Ohio's Amish Country five years in ...

The values of the Amish community were the inspiration for Jay Lehman's eponymous hardware store. Photo© Ross Mantle Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...