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What are Mud Sales?
At the beginning of every year, local communities come together to support their local volunteer fire companies by holding auctions that
have affectionately become know as Mud Sales. The term Mud Sale was coined from the coined of the ground when the auctions are held.
Since the 1960s, Mud Sales have helped build fire houses, purchase equipment, and enable training for fire fighters, EMS units, and First
Responders in rural Lancaster, chester, and York Counties. Area townships, the Amish community, and local businesses support the
sales with donated and consigned items, becoming a bargain hunter's paradise.
For over 40 years, Mud Sales have become spectacular events with various items being auctioned, including but not limited to: building
materials, horses, ponies, mules, tack and feed, antiques, Amish-made furniture, craft items, buggies, carriages, tools, farming
equipment and supplies, tractors and engines, groceries and produce, garden items, shrubbery, plants, sheds and gazebos, sporting
goods, firewood, housewares, and some of the most amazing Amish quilts one could ever find.
Come hungry! Mud Sales begin at 8:30 AM, but breakfast is usually served around 7 AM with warm, fresh doughnuts and/or breakfast
sandwiches and fresh coffee, all provided by the Ladies Auxiliary. If you miss breakfast, no worries, feast on traditional PA Dutch foods
such as: stromboli, barbecue chicken, sausage sandwiches, chicken corn noodle soup, soft pretzels, oyster sandwiches, smoked meats,
cheeses, pies, cakes, cookies, breads, homemade ice cream, and more.
Parking is permitted in designated areas, shuttle buses may be provided for outlet parking. When you arrive at the Mud Sale, go inside the
fire house to register for your number so you can bid. Pay your bill in the designated area when you are ready to leave (Vise and Master
Card accepted). These are multi-cultural family events to support volunteer fire companies who help protect lives, businesses and
properties, please be respectful. Please keep in mind, the Amish are not permitted to have their picture taken unless they have given their
specific permission.
A special thank you is due to the hundreds of volunteers, auctioneers, fire fighters, fire police, and the Amish community who dedicate their
time to make these events happen.
If you are unable to find what you are looking for at any of the Mud Sales, contact our advertisers! Without their support this publication
would not be possible. Thank You, we'll see you there!
have affectionately become know as Mud Sales. The term Mud Sale was coined from the coined of the ground when the auctions are held.
Since the 1960s, Mud Sales have helped build fire houses, purchase equipment, and enable training for fire fighters, EMS units, and First
Responders in rural Lancaster, chester, and York Counties. Area townships, the Amish community, and local businesses support the
sales with donated and consigned items, becoming a bargain hunter's paradise.
For over 40 years, Mud Sales have become spectacular events with various items being auctioned, including but not limited to: building
materials, horses, ponies, mules, tack and feed, antiques, Amish-made furniture, craft items, buggies, carriages, tools, farming
equipment and supplies, tractors and engines, groceries and produce, garden items, shrubbery, plants, sheds and gazebos, sporting
goods, firewood, housewares, and some of the most amazing Amish quilts one could ever find.
Come hungry! Mud Sales begin at 8:30 AM, but breakfast is usually served around 7 AM with warm, fresh doughnuts and/or breakfast
sandwiches and fresh coffee, all provided by the Ladies Auxiliary. If you miss breakfast, no worries, feast on traditional PA Dutch foods
such as: stromboli, barbecue chicken, sausage sandwiches, chicken corn noodle soup, soft pretzels, oyster sandwiches, smoked meats,
cheeses, pies, cakes, cookies, breads, homemade ice cream, and more.
Parking is permitted in designated areas, shuttle buses may be provided for outlet parking. When you arrive at the Mud Sale, go inside the
fire house to register for your number so you can bid. Pay your bill in the designated area when you are ready to leave (Vise and Master
Card accepted). These are multi-cultural family events to support volunteer fire companies who help protect lives, businesses and
properties, please be respectful. Please keep in mind, the Amish are not permitted to have their picture taken unless they have given their
specific permission.
A special thank you is due to the hundreds of volunteers, auctioneers, fire fighters, fire police, and the Amish community who dedicate their
time to make these events happen.
If you are unable to find what you are looking for at any of the Mud Sales, contact our advertisers! Without their support this publication
would not be possible. Thank You, we'll see you there!
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February 26
Strasburg Spring Consignment & Mud Sale
8 a.m., Strasburg Fire Company #1, 203 Franklin St., Strasburg. 717-687-7232 or www.stasburgfire.com
Furniture, antiques, quilts, crafts, farm machinery, horses, mules, tools, groceries, fruit, homemade food.
March 5
Bart Township Annual Auction/Mud Sale
8:30 a.m., Bart Twp. Fire Company, 11 Furnace Rd., Quarryville. 717-786-3348 or www.bart51.com
Antiques, quilts, furniture, new & used equipment, small goods, hay & straw, livestock, buggies, tools,
crafts and food.
March 12
Gordonville Spring Mud Sale & Auction
8:30 a.m., Gordonville Fire Company, Old Leacock Rd., Gordonville. 717-768-3869 or www.gordonvillefc.com
The largest firemen's auction/sale on the East Coast, featuring 500-600 Amish quilts, antiques, collectibles,
new & used furniture, tools, farm equipment, horses, mules, buggies, lawn & garden, barns, utility sheds &
trailers, construction equipment.
Craft show: March 7, 6-9 p.m.
March 19
Bart Township Building Materials Mud Sale
8:30 a.m., Bart Twp. Fire Company, 11 Furnace Rd., Quarryville. 717-786-3348 or www.bart51.com
Wood and aluminum siding, windows, doors, paneling, bath tubs, wash bowls, lumber and food.
March 19
Penryn Fire Company 3rd Annual Mud Sale
8:30 a.m., Penryn Fire Company #1, 1441 N. Penryn Rd., Penryn. 717-665-4167 or www.penrynfire.com
Woodcrafts, furniture, antiques, quilts, crafts, farm equipment, food and more.
March 26
Gap Annual Spring Mud Sale/Auction
8 a.m., Gap Fire Company, 802 Pequea Ave., Gap. 717-442-8100
Horse-drawn carriages, buggies, wagons, new & used furniture, quilts, crafts, dry goods, groceries and
more.
April 2
Robert Fulton Volunteer Fire Company Mud Sale
7 a.m. breakfast, Robert Fulton Fire Company, 2271 Robert Fulton Hwy., Peach Bottom, 717-548-8995
Crafts, plants, tools, antiques, farm equipment, furniture, food, buggies, wagons, groceries, horses.
April 9
Rawlinsville Annual Mud Sale
8 a.m., Rawlinsville Fire Company, 33 Martic Heights Dr., Holtwood. 717-284-3023
Quilts, horses, crafts, building materials, lawn equipment, new and used furniture.
May 14
Honeybrook Annual Auction/Mud Sale
8 a.m., Honeybrook Fire Company, 679 Firehouse Ln., Honeybrook. 610-273-2688
Quilts, crafts, new furniture, Winross trucks, Smuckers bells, farm-related supplies, tools, buggies, heifers..
June 24
Bird-in-Hand Mud Sale
8 a.m., Along Rt. 340 (Old Philadlephia Pike) across from Bird-in-Hand Family Restaurant, 717-392-0112
Antiques, harness and tack, specialty items, quilts, crafts, carriages, buggies, wagons and food.
June 25
Refton Fire Company Sale
7 a.m. breakfast, Refton Fire Company, 99 Church Street, 717-786-9462
Hardware, shop tools, plants, furniture, antiques, crafts, hay and straw, quilts, horses, food and more.
August 27
Kinzers Fire Company Mud Sale
7 a.m. breakfast, Kinzers Fire Company, 3521 Lincoln Highway East, 717-442-4121
Plants, groceries, antiques, furniture, lumber, tack, sheds and gazebos, equipment, buggies, quilts, horses.
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