Mennonites in Maryland

[1] Old Order Mennonites from rural Pennsylvania and African-American horsemen in West Baltimore have come together to preserve the city's arabber tradition.

Baltimore's arabbers maintain three horse stables, while Mennonites from Pennsylvania Dutch Country provide assistance.

The leader of Baltimore's Arabber Preservation Society, Daniel Van Allen, has described the relationship as "the meeting of two subcultures...They're not involved with the same big-budget, big-money economy that the modern people are."

In recent years, increasing development has threatened the Amish and Mennonite communities of Southern Maryland.

[7] The town of Grantsville is home to a small Mennonite and Amish settlement known as Tomlinson's or Little Crossing, located along Braddock Road.