Illinois Adventure #1208 Bishop Hill
In 1846, a group of Swedish immigrants seeking religious freedom left their native land under the guidance of their charismatic spiritual leader, Erik Jansson. The site for their new utopia, later called Bishop Hill, was described to them as a land of plenty, brimming with milk and honey, and they struggled to make it so. These Janssonists built a successful communal society based on economic and religious principals. Many of the structures erected during this building campaign still exist. The colony grew and flourished for fifteen years before disbanding in 1861.
Today, Bishop Hill is a quiet country village where descendants of the flesh and descendants of the noble spirit of those original colonists still live and strive to make this community a utopia restored. Bishop Hill is a National Landmark Village, listed in the National Register of Historic Places and it is an Illinois State Historic Site. We are the pride of Henry County, Illinois.
Bishop Hill State Historic Site
A brief history of Bishop Hill State Historic Site, a religious utopia founded in 1846 by Swedish pietist Eric Janson and his followers. The site represents the beginnings of Swedish emigration to America. The site is located in Bishop Hill, Illinois, and may be reached at 309/927-3345. For more information visit
Those Crazy Swedes: History and the Bishop Hill Colony (Illinois)
The Bishop Colony (1846-1860) helped lead the way for the development of the development of Western Illinois by Europeans. The Swedes at Bishop Hill followed their profit Eric Janson from Sweden to America. They created a foothold that paved the way for the great Swedish immigration. This video outlines the basic history of the Bishop Hill Colony and presents ways that we can interpret this history.
This video was developed by the Moraine Valley Library for HIS 207, Illinois History.
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Reunited in Bishop Hill - with Hans Rosling
In 1846, the first large group of Swedish emigrants left their homes for better opportunities and religious freedom on the other side of the Atlantic. Over the next years, more than 1200 people followed the preacher Erik Jansson who founded the Bishop Hill Colony in Illinois, US. The colony functioned as a commune for 15 years before its dissolution and remained an important Swedish hub for several generations of immigrants. Thanks to his mother’s genealogy research Hans Rosling knew he had relatives in Bishop Hill and in 2012 he traveled there for the first time with a film team from Population Documentary LLC. In the short film Reunited in Bishop Hill we follow Hans Rosling as he reconnects with his relatives, learns more about the lives of those who emigrated and finds out what happened to his grandmother’s uncle Arvid. This is a family story about migration within Hans Rosling’s global perspective and it is a story about Bishop Hill, the utopia on the prairie.
My Midsummer Garden in Bishop Hill, Illinois
In six short years the gardens at LITTLEBRICK have grown to be spectacular! For those unable to visit Bishop Hill, here is a peek at what inspires my dreams of utopia.
Bishop Hill State Historic Site
Bishop Hill, a mid-19th Century Historic Landmark, preserved and interpreted by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency museums and exhibits, which reflect Swedish immigrants’ colony life. Illinois’s foremost folk artist, Olof Kranz paintings, 91 one of them are featured in the State Museum. Olof painted visual childhood memories of communal life illustrating the people, buildings and the commune workforce by season and are on exhibit daily.
Historically the most significant Bishop Hill Village building is The Colony Church. The colonists gathered each morning and evening to worship. Stroll the first-floor hallway you will catch a glimpse of exhibits showcasing colony lifestyle. View old Colony living quarters known as dwelling rooms.
The colony stayed connected to the outside world with visitors and business travelers mostly salesman conducting business with the Colony, all stayed at the Colony Hotel. The furnishings are as they were in the 1850’s. The kitchen is one of two only surviving colony kitchens where the food was prepared for the entire colony.
Colonists were avid park advocates and understood the importance of green space a long European tradition. Completed in 1853 the Bishop Hill Village Park was created by filling in a ravine and took XXX years to build. The park was utilized for meetings and social gatherings, then and now.
Bishop Hill Village and Park is a back road leisurely drive host to cultural history, heritage festivals, amidst the Illinois countryside. The back roads beckon you to Henry County, Illinois Utopian on the Prairie, Bishop Hill.
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Bishop Hill, IL Jordbruksdagarna - Agriculture Days
You don’t have to say “Jordbruksdagarna” (pronounced yord-brooks-DAH-ga-na) to know what it means: food, music, dancing, games, and crafts at National Historic Landmark Bishop Hill.
Jordbruksdagarna is Swedish for “earth work days.” Artisans will make rope, craft barrels, process flax; create wood carvings, and more. Vendors will sell farm produce, pumpkins, pioneer popcorn, and much more in the park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Bjorklund Hotel will be the site of demonstrations on how to press and cook sorghum and bake hard tack. Visitors can try their hand at shelling corn, making bricks, pressing cider, and making a corn husk doll.
Village Park performances will be held both Saturday and Sunday. Enjoy old fashioned children’s games daily at 2 p.m.
Explore Henry County’s agricultural history at the Henry County Historical Museum. A variety of antique tractors and implements will be on display. The museum will host plowing and shelling corn demonstrations daily. An antique tractor parade starts at 12:30 each day.
Food will be in abundance. The Bishop Hill Old Settlers’ Association will serve “Colony stew” and rice pudding in the park. The Bishop Hill Heritage Association’s Svenska Varm Korv, or Swedish hotdog dinner, will be served by Colony Store beginning at 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. daily.
Enjoy 19th Century Agrarian History at Henry County’s National Historic Landmark, Bishop Hill this fall!
The boys take on Bishop Hill!!
We go on a mini vacation and explore the utopia of the prairie!!
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Bishop Hill, IL - LuciaNights
Lucia Nights Celebration is a memorable holiday event. Driving the back roads to Bishop Hill, you enter the historic 19th Century village in a candlelit glow of luminary-lined sidewalks and candles in the windows of shops, museums, and homes. Lucia Nights is a Swedish tradition based on the legend of Saint Lucia, Queen of Light. During a famine in Sweden, on the longest and darkest night of the year, Lucia appeared wearing a long white robe and encircling her head was a crown of candles. Legend has it that Lucia appeared on a ship laden with food. When the ship was unloaded, both it and Lucia vanished. Girls today wake their families on December 13th, dressed in a white robe, wearing a crown of candles, and carrying a tray of Lucia buns.
Bishop Hill, IL Antique Market
Bishop Hill Country Antique Market, one of the best in the Midwest! The back roads beckon you to this one-day country antique market featuring 60 exceptional antique dealers from eight states. You will find primitive antiques, folk art, textiles, and more! Held on the lawn of the Colony School, rain or shine!
IT WILL RAIN AGAIN Tim Hill (Part 1 is the Song)
Dr. Tim Hill, 1st Assistant General Overseer of the Church of God, ministers in a song of his own composition at the 2006 Illinois Church of God State Camp .
Dr. Tim Hill, 1st Assistant General Overseer of the Church of God, continues to minister through a song of his own composition at the 2006 Illinois Church of God .
In this final clip (PART 4), Dr. Tim Hill concludes his ministry through a song of his own composition at the 2006 Illinois Church of God State Camp Meeting.
Dr. Tim Hill, 1st Assistant General Overseer of the Church of God, continues to minister through a song of his own composition at the 2006 Illinois Church of God .
Conflict, Assassination, & Assimilation on the Prairie: Nauvoo & Bishop Hill in Illinois History
The stories of Nauvoo & Bishop Hill both focus on religious settlements that struggled for survival. Both of these colonies flourished and also faced disaster. But, for all of the ways that their stories are similar, their outcomes couldn’t be more different. Learn about Illinois’ prairie life and the challenge of identity and Americanization in the mid-1800s. The event is part of our campus programming to commemorate the Illinois bicentennial.
How to Say or Pronounce USA Cities — Bishop Hill, Illinois
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River Rats Norway Illinois 2013
NorskMuseumVTour4
a virtual tour of the Norsk Museum in Norway Illinois. Journey back to 1825 with Cleng Peerson and the Sloopers.
Painting at Bishop Hill, IL pt.1
This past week Dave and I headed to Bishop Hill, Illinois to check out possible subjects for painting. We weren't disappointed. Although, this is a small town, it has much to offer in visual appeal. Located just south of Cambridge in Henry County, Bishop Hill traces its beginnings back to 1846 as a utopian religious community founded by a Swedish immigrant, Eric Jansson.
082619 Bishop Nathaniel Wells, Jr., Illinois 3rd Jurisdiction, 2019 Holy Convocation
082619 Bishop Nathaniel Wells, Jr., COGIC Illinois 3rd Jurisdiction, 2019 Holy Convocation