The men have beards and so on. This community is complex. Stories abound everywhere. From the one about Fred's ducks and the Mennonite tourists to the mystery of the disappearnce of a goat. To the stories of the tame pigeons and the huge turkeys and pheasants.
Some stories are funny, some sad, some in between and almost all romantic.
The young brides brought up from Brazil, some have never even met their future husbands, to Russian Orthodox women marrying outside of the faith. We have no police, except for State Troopers and they service thirteen Russian villages and two islands. There are three Troopers for this. The nearest fire station is over ten miles away and that distance depends if one is talking to an insurance broker for fire insurance or not. There is one road in and one road out.