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HEREAS THE WHOLE PRIESTHOOD OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH COMMENCED A VIOLENT AND BITTER PERSECUTION THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH COMMENCED A VIOLENT AND BITTER PERSECUTION AGAINST US BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH, A VIOLENT AND BITTER PERSECUTION AGAINST US BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH, AND THEIR WRATH AND MADNESS CAST AGAINST US BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH, AND THEIR WRATH AND MADNESS CAST MANY OF OUR BRETHREN INTO AND THEIR WRATH AND MADNESS CAST MANY OF OUR BRETHREN INTO PRISON, WE RESOLVE TO IMMIGRATE MANY OF OUR BRETHREN INTO PRISON, WE RESOLVE TO IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PRISON, WE RESOLVE TO IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> HI, I AM JIM WILHELM. THOSE WORDS WRITTEN IN SWEEDEN IN THE 1840'S SOME UP ERIC THOSE WORDS WRITTEN IN SWEEDEN IN THE 1840'S SOME UP ERIC JANSON'S FRUSTRATIONS. IN THE 1840'S SOME UP ERIC JANSON'S FRUSTRATIONS. HIS NEWLY FORMED RELIGIOUS JANSON'S FRUSTRATIONS. HIS NEWLY FORMED RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT WAS INCREASINGLY COME HIS NEWLY FORMED RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT WAS INCREASINGLY COME IN CONFLICT WITH THE STATE MOVEMENT WAS INCREASINGLY COME IN CONFLICT WITH THE STATE SPONSORED LUTHERAN CHURR. IN CONFLICT WITH THE STATE SPONSORED LUTHERAN CHURR. AFTER AFRICAN AMERICAN HIS THIRD SPONSORED LUTHERAN CHURR. AFTER AFRICAN AMERICAN HIS THIRD ARREST, HE DECIDED IT WAS TIME AFTER AFRICAN AMERICAN HIS THIRD ARREST, HE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE. ARREST, HE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE. HIS FOLLOWERS SOLD ALL THEIR TO LEAVE. HIS FOLLOWERS SOLD ALL THEIR PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS AND HIS FOLLOWERS SOLD ALL THEIR PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS AND POOLED THEIR MONEY SO EVERYBODY PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS AND POOLED THEIR MONEY SO EVERYBODY COULD AFFORD TO TRAVEL, IN 1846 POOLED THEIR MONEY SO EVERYBODY COULD AFFORD TO TRAVEL, IN 1846 LEFT THEIR HOMELAND FOREVER. COULD AFFORD TO TRAVEL, IN 1846 LEFT THEIR HOMELAND FOREVER. IT WAS NOT A PLEASANT JOURNEY. LEFT THEIR HOMELAND FOREVER. IT WAS NOT A PLEASANT JOURNEY. THE CROSSING TOOK THREE MONTHS IT WAS NOT A PLEASANT JOURNEY. THE CROSSING TOOK THREE MONTHS IN SHIPS DESIGN TODAY CARRY THE CROSSING TOOK THREE MONTHS IN SHIPS DESIGN TODAY CARRY CARGO, NOT PEOPLE. IN SHIPS DESIGN TODAY CARRY CARGO, NOT PEOPLE. STORMS, SEA SICKNESS AND SCURVY CARGO, NOT PEOPLE. STORMS, SEA SICKNESS AND SCURVY TOOK THEIR TOLL, SEVERAL STORMS, SEA SICKNESS AND SCURVY TOOK THEIR TOLL, SEVERAL PERISHED ON THE TRIP, INCLUDING TOOK THEIR TOLL, SEVERAL PERISHED ON THE TRIP, INCLUDING SOME OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS. PERISHED ON THE TRIP, INCLUDING SOME OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS. UPON ARRIVING IN CHICAGO, THEY SOME OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS. UPON ARRIVING IN CHICAGO, THEY BOUGHT SUPPLIES, AND THEN WALKED UPON ARRIVING IN CHICAGO, THEY BOUGHT SUPPLIES, AND THEN WALKED 160 MILES TO THIS SPOT, RIGHT BOUGHT SUPPLIES, AND THEN WALKED 160 MILES TO THIS SPOT, RIGHT WHERE I AM STANDING WAS THE 160 MILES TO THIS SPOT, RIGHT WHERE I AM STANDING WAS THE LOCATION OF THE TOWN'S FIRST WHERE I AM STANDING WAS THE LOCATION OF THE TOWN'S FIRST BUILDING. LOCATION OF THE TOWN'S FIRST BUILDING. THE TOWN WAS NAMED AFTER ITS BUILDING. THE TOWN WAS NAMED AFTER ITS LEADERS BIRTHPLACE VISPOPSCULA, THE TOWN WAS NAMED AFTER ITS LEADERS BIRTHPLACE VISPOPSCULA, OR AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, BISHOP LEADERS BIRTHPLACE VISPOPSCULA, OR AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, BISHOP HILL. OR AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, BISHOP HILL. THERE WAS ONCE A DEEP RAVINE. HILL. THERE WAS ONCE A DEEP RAVINE. ALONG THE SIDE, THE SWEDES BUILT THERE WAS ONCE A DEEP RAVINE. ALONG THE SIDE, THE SWEDES BUILT DUGOUT, CALF CAVERN, CALF CAVE. ALONG THE SIDE, THE SWEDES BUILT DUGOUT, CALF CAVERN, CALF CAVE. IT WAS SEGREGATED BY SEX. DUGOUT, CALF CAVERN, CALF CAVE. IT WAS SEGREGATED BY SEX. EACH CONTAINED 30 BUNKS. IT WAS SEGREGATED BY SEX. EACH CONTAINED 30 BUNKS. THE COLONISTS ARRIVED IN FALL, EACH CONTAINED 30 BUNKS. THE COLONISTS ARRIVED IN FALL, TOO LATE TO PLANT CROPS, AND THE COLONISTS ARRIVED IN FALL, TOO LATE TO PLANT CROPS, AND WINTER WAS ON ITS WAY. TOO LATE TO PLANT CROPS, AND WINTER WAS ON ITS WAY. THE CREEK IN THE RAVINE MADE THE WINTER WAS ON ITS WAY. THE CREEK IN THE RAVINE MADE THE DUGOUTS COLD AND DAMP. THE CREEK IN THE RAVINE MADE THE DUGOUTS COLD AND DAMP. JANSON WOULD CALL FOR FAST DUGOUTS COLD AND DAMP. JANSON WOULD CALL FOR FAST LASTING SEVERAL DAYS TO TEST JANSON WOULD CALL FOR FAST LASTING SEVERAL DAYS TO TEST SPIRITUAL UNITY. LASTING SEVERAL DAYS TO TEST SPIRITUAL UNITY. IN REALITY, WHAT HE WAS DOING SPIRITUAL UNITY. IN REALITY, WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS TRYING TO PRESERVE THE FOOD IN REALITY, WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS TRYING TO PRESERVE THE FOOD SUPPLIES. WAS TRYING TO PRESERVE THE FOOD SUPPLIES. DURING THE FIRST WINTER, SUPPLIES. DURING THE FIRST WINTER, APPROXIMATELY 150 PEOPLE DURING THE FIRST WINTER, APPROXIMATELY 150 PEOPLE PERISHED. APPROXIMATELY 150 PEOPLE PERISHED. IN SPAIN MORE IMMIGRANTS FROM PERISHED. IN SPAIN MORE IMMIGRANTS FROM SWEEDEN ARRIVED, PLANTING AND IN SPAIN MORE IMMIGRANTS FROM SWEEDEN ARRIVED, PLANTING AND BUILDING BEGAN. SWEEDEN ARRIVED, PLANTING AND BUILDING BEGAN. IN THE SPRING) SINCE JANSON BUILDING BEGAN. IN THE SPRING) SINCE JANSON ENVISIONED THE COLONY AS UTOPIAN IN THE SPRING) SINCE JANSON ENVISIONED THE COLONY AS UTOPIAN WHERE ALL WORKED FOR THE ENVISIONED THE COLONY AS UTOPIAN WHERE ALL WORKED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE WHOLE, THERE WHERE ALL WORKED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE WHOLE, THERE WAS A LARGER WORK FORCE BETTERMENT OF THE WHOLE, THERE WAS A LARGER WORK FORCE AVAILABLE. WAS A LARGER WORK FORCE AVAILABLE. NO SURPRISE THE FIRST PERMANENT AVAILABLE. NO SURPRISE THE FIRST PERMANENT STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1848 WAS THE NO SURPRISE THE FIRST PERMANENT STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1848 WAS THE CHURCH. STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1848 WAS THE CHURCH. DUAL STAIRCASE IN THE FRONT LIKE CHURCH. DUAL STAIRCASE IN THE FRONT LIKE MOST OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE WAS DUAL STAIRCASE IN THE FRONT LIKE MOST OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE WAS SEG RATED. MOST OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE WAS SEG RATED. MENUSED THE LEFT, WOMAN USED THE SEG RATED. MENUSED THE LEFT, WOMAN USED THE RIGHT. MENUSED THE LEFT, WOMAN USED THE RIGHT. >> INSIDE SERVICES WERE HELD RIGHT. >> INSIDE SERVICES WERE HELD TWICE DAILY, MORNING AND >> INSIDE SERVICES WERE HELD TWICE DAILY, MORNING AND EVENING. TWICE DAILY, MORNING AND EVENING. ON SUNDAY'S, A THIRD SERVICE WAS EVENING. ON SUNDAY'S, A THIRD SERVICE WAS ADDED IN THE AFTERNOON. ON SUNDAY'S, A THIRD SERVICE WAS ADDED IN THE AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH ERIC JANSON HAD ADDED IN THE AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH ERIC JANSON HAD WRITTEN A HIMNAL, HE DIDN'T EVEN THOUGH ERIC JANSON HAD WRITTEN A HIMNAL, HE DIDN'T BELIEVE WITH INSTRUMENTS. WRITTEN A HIMNAL, HE DIDN'T BELIEVE WITH INSTRUMENTS. ALL SONGS WERE PERFORMED OC BELIEVE WITH INSTRUMENTS. ALL SONGS WERE PERFORMED OC PELLLA. ALL SONGS WERE PERFORMED OC PELLLA. DURING SERVICES, ANYONE HAD R PELLLA. DURING SERVICES, ANYONE HAD R WHO WISHED TO SHARE TESTIMONY, DURING SERVICES, ANYONE HAD R WHO WISHED TO SHARE TESTIMONY, THEY WERE WISHED TO DO SO. WHO WISHED TO SHARE TESTIMONY, THEY WERE WISHED TO DO SO. JANSON WAS A CAPTIVATING AND THEY WERE WISHED TO DO SO. JANSON WAS A CAPTIVATING AND LENGTHY OR A TORE. JANSON WAS A CAPTIVATING AND LENGTHY OR A TORE. ONE OF HIS SERMONS, DELIVERED LENGTHY OR A TORE. ONE OF HIS SERMONS, DELIVERED WHEN THEY WERE STILL IN SWEEDEN ONE OF HIS SERMONS, DELIVERED WHEN THEY WERE STILL IN SWEEDEN WAS SAID TO HAVE LASTED FIVE WHEN THEY WERE STILL IN SWEEDEN WAS SAID TO HAVE LASTED FIVE HOURS. WAS SAID TO HAVE LASTED FIVE HOURS. THE CHURCH STILL USED FOR HOURS. THE CHURCH STILL USED FOR SERVICES ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. THE CHURCH STILL USED FOR SERVICES ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. SERVICES ARE NON- SERVICES ON CHRISTMAS MORNING. SERVICES ARE NON- DENOMINATIONNAL, AND SERVICES ARE NON- DENOMINATIONNAL, AND CONDUCTED IN SWEDISH AND ENGLISH SINCE THE CHURCH WAS THE FIRST PERMANENT STRUCTURE IN THE NEW TOWN, IT HAD TO FULFILL A PERMANENT STRUCTURE IN THE NEW TOWN, IT HAD TO FULFILL A VARIETY OF NEEDS FOR THE NEW TOWN, IT HAD TO FULFILL A VARIETY OF NEEDS FOR THE NEW COLONY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE TWO FOYERS COULD BE CLOSED OFF FROM THE SANCTUARY TO CREATE CLASSROOMS. COULD BE CLOSED OFF FROM THE SANCTUARY TO CREATE CLASSROOMS. BELOW, ON THE FIRST FLOOR, AND SANCTUARY TO CREATE CLASSROOMS. BELOW, ON THE FIRST FLOOR, AND IN THE BASEMENT, WERE 20 BELOW, ON THE FIRST FLOOR, AND IN THE BASEMENT, WERE 20 APARTMENTS BUILT SO SOME IN THE BASEMENT, WERE 20 APARTMENTS BUILT SO SOME FAMILIES COULD MOVE OUT OF THE APARTMENTS BUILT SO SOME FAMILIES COULD MOVE OUT OF THE DAMP DUGOUTS. FAMILIES COULD MOVE OUT OF THE DAMP DUGOUTS. APARTMENT MIGHT BE A GENEROUS DAMP DUGOUTS. APARTMENT MIGHT BE A GENEROUS WORD. APARTMENT MIGHT BE A GENEROUS WORD. IT WAS REALLY JUST ONE ROOM WITH WORD. IT WAS REALLY JUST ONE ROOM WITH A FIRE PLACE. IT WAS REALLY JUST ONE ROOM WITH A FIRE PLACE. ALL THE FURNISHINGS WERE MADE A FIRE PLACE. ALL THE FURNISHINGS WERE MADE HERE IN THE COLONY. ALL THE FURNISHINGS WERE MADE HERE IN THE COLONY. THAT'S BECAUSE EACH FAMILY HAD HERE IN THE COLONY. THAT'S BECAUSE EACH FAMILY HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO BRING JUST ONE THAT'S BECAUSE EACH FAMILY HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO BRING JUST ONE TRUNK WITH THEM TO THE NEW WORLD BEEN ALLOWED TO BRING JUST ONE TRUNK WITH THEM TO THE NEW WORLD THE NEXT STRUCTURE TO BE TRUNK WITH THEM TO THE NEW WORLD THE NEXT STRUCTURE TO BE COMPLETED WAS NICKNAMED BIG THE NEXT STRUCTURE TO BE COMPLETED WAS NICKNAMED BIG BRICK, IT CONTAINED 96 COMPLETED WAS NICKNAMED BIG BRICK, IT CONTAINED 96 APARTMENTS AT. BRICK, IT CONTAINED 96 APARTMENTS AT. BEHIND BIG BRICK WAS A BEURRE RY APARTMENTS AT. BEHIND BIG BRICK WAS A BEURRE RY AND BAKERY BUILDING WHERE THE BEHIND BIG BRICK WAS A BEURRE RY AND BAKERY BUILDING WHERE THE MEALS WERE PREPARED. AND BAKERY BUILDING WHERE THE MEALS WERE PREPARED. THIS IS WHERE BIG BRICK ONCE MEALS WERE PREPARED. THIS IS WHERE BIG BRICK ONCE STOOD. THIS IS WHERE BIG BRICK ONCE STOOD. IT BURNED IN 1928. STOOD. IT BURNED IN 1928. THE MEALS SERVED IN THIS DINING IT BURNED IN 1928. THE MEALS SERVED IN THIS DINING HALL WERE SIMPLE AFFAIRS. THE MEALS SERVED IN THIS DINING HALL WERE SIMPLE AFFAIRS. FOR EXAMPLE, BREAKFAST MIGHT HALL WERE SIMPLE AFFAIRS. FOR EXAMPLE, BREAKFAST MIGHT CONSIST OF MUSH, SCRAP ~L AND FOR EXAMPLE, BREAKFAST MIGHT CONSIST OF MUSH, SCRAP ~L AND HARDTACK MANY WHILE THIS CONSIST OF MUSH, SCRAP ~L AND HARDTACK MANY WHILE THIS BUILDING IS GONE, MOST OF THE HARDTACK MANY WHILE THIS BUILDING IS GONE, MOST OF THE OTHER TOWN STRUCTURES REMAIN. BUILDING IS GONE, MOST OF THE OTHER TOWN STRUCTURES REMAIN. THIS WAS THE COLONY'S OTHER TOWN STRUCTURES REMAIN. THIS WAS THE COLONY'S ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS. THIS WAS THE COLONY'S ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS. NEXT TO IT IS A BUILDING OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS. NEXT TO IT IS A BUILDING OF SIMILAR STYLE WITH MORE NEXT TO IT IS A BUILDING OF SIMILAR STYLE WITH MORE APARTMENTS. SIMILAR STYLE WITH MORE APARTMENTS. HERE IS THE OLD CARPENTRY SHOP APARTMENTS. HERE IS THE OLD CARPENTRY SHOP NEXT TO THE BLACKSMITH BUILDING. HERE IS THE OLD CARPENTRY SHOP NEXT TO THE BLACKSMITH BUILDING. THIS ONE WAS BORN IN CONTROVERSY ORIGINALLY IT WAS MEANT TO BE THE TOWN'S NEW HOTEL. BUT ONE FACTION WANTED THE TOWN'S NEW HOTEL. BUT ONE FACTION WANTED ADDITIONAL HOUSING WHILE ANOTHER BUT ONE FACTION WANTED ADDITIONAL HOUSING WHILE ANOTHER WANTED AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. ADDITIONAL HOUSING WHILE ANOTHER WANTED AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. APPARENTLY IT WAS A HOT ISSUE WANTED AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY. APPARENTLY IT WAS A HOT ISSUE THAT DIVIDED THE COMMUNITY. APPARENTLY IT WAS A HOT ISSUE THAT DIVIDED THE COMMUNITY. FINALLY THEY AGREED TO USE FOR THAT DIVIDED THE COMMUNITY. FINALLY THEY AGREED TO USE FOR BOTH A DWELLING AND A SCHOOL. FINALLY THEY AGREED TO USE FOR BOTH A DWELLING AND A SCHOOL. TODAY THE STEEPLE BUILDING IS BOTH A DWELLING AND A SCHOOL. TODAY THE STEEPLE BUILDING IS HOME TO THE BISHOP HILL HERITAGE TODAY THE STEEPLE BUILDING IS HOME TO THE BISHOP HILL HERITAGE MUSEUM WHICH RECOUNTS THE STORY HOME TO THE BISHOP HILL HERITAGE MUSEUM WHICH RECOUNTS THE STORY OF THE COLONISTS AND THEIR MUSEUM WHICH RECOUNTS THE STORY OF THE COLONISTS AND THEIR JOURNEY. OF THE COLONISTS AND THEIR JOURNEY. HIGH ABOVE THE OLD CLOCK MADE BY JOURNEY. HIGH ABOVE THE OLD CLOCK MADE BY THREE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN STILL HIGH ABOVE THE OLD CLOCK MADE BY THREE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN STILL KEEPS THE TIME. THREE MEMBERS OF THE TOWN STILL KEEPS THE TIME. BUT IN HOURS ONLY, FOR THERE IS KEEPS THE TIME. BUT IN HOURS ONLY, FOR THERE IS NO MINUTE HAND. WHILE SOME MAY SAY MINUTES DIDN'T REALLY MATTER TO A COMMUNITY WHOSE LIFE REVOLVED DIDN'T REALLY MATTER TO A COMMUNITY WHOSE LIFE REVOLVED AROUND CHURCH AND WORK. COMMUNITY WHOSE LIFE REVOLVED AROUND CHURCH AND WORK. THE GEAR MECHANISMS ON ONE HAND AROUND CHURCH AND WORK. THE GEAR MECHANISMS ON ONE HAND WERE A LOT LESS COMPLICATED THAN THE GEAR MECHANISMS ON ONE HAND WERE A LOT LESS COMPLICATED THAN FOR TWO. IT IS HERE VISITORS LEARN ABOUT TWO OF THE COLONIES MAIN BUSINESS. TWO OF THE COLONIES MAIN BUSINESS. YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN EVIDENCE BUSINESS. YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN EVIDENCE OF ONE OF THEM BACK AT THE YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN EVIDENCE OF ONE OF THEM BACK AT THE APARTMENTS IN THE CHURCH. OF ONE OF THEM BACK AT THE APARTMENTS IN THE CHURCH. IN THAT ROOM, WE SAW A SPINNING APARTMENTS IN THE CHURCH. IN THAT ROOM, WE SAW A SPINNING WHEEL. IN THAT ROOM, WE SAW A SPINNING WHEEL. THE PROCESS OF TURNING FLAX INTO WHEEL. THE PROCESS OF TURNING FLAX INTO LINEN WAS A LABOR INTENSIVE THE PROCESS OF TURNING FLAX INTO LINEN WAS A LABOR INTENSIVE PROCESS, AND THE COLONY HAD NO LINEN WAS A LABOR INTENSIVE PROCESS, AND THE COLONY HAD NO SHORTAGE OF WORKERS. PROCESS, AND THE COLONY HAD NO SHORTAGE OF WORKERS. SO, UNTIL MORE LOOMS WERE SHORTAGE OF WORKERS. SO, UNTIL MORE LOOMS WERE BOUGHT, WEAVING WAS DONE DAY AND SO, UNTIL MORE LOOMS WERE BOUGHT, WEAVING WAS DONE DAY AND NIGHT. BOUGHT, WEAVING WAS DONE DAY AND NIGHT. IN 1850 BISHOP HILL PRODUCED NIGHT. IN 1850 BISHOP HILL PRODUCED OVER 28,000 YARDS OF FINE LINEN IN 1850 BISHOP HILL PRODUCED OVER 28,000 YARDS OF FINE LINEN AND OVER 3,000 YARDS OF OVER 28,000 YARDS OF FINE LINEN AND OVER 3,000 YARDS OF CARPETING. AND OVER 3,000 YARDS OF CARPETING. BUT TWO YEARS LATER, THEIR CARPETING. BUT TWO YEARS LATER, THEIR OUTPUT BEGAN TO DECLINE. BUT TWO YEARS LATER, THEIR OUTPUT BEGAN TO DECLINE. RAILROADS WERE BRINGING CHEAPER OUTPUT BEGAN TO DECLINE. RAILROADS WERE BRINGING CHEAPER CLOTH TO THE MIDWEST FROM THE RAILROADS WERE BRINGING CHEAPER CLOTH TO THE MIDWEST FROM THE FACTORIES IN THE EAST. CLOTH TO THE MIDWEST FROM THE FACTORIES IN THE EAST. ABOUT THAT TIME THE COLONY BEGAN FACTORIES IN THE EAST. ABOUT THAT TIME THE COLONY BEGAN PRODUCING A NEW CASH CROP, BROOM ABOUT THAT TIME THE COLONY BEGAN PRODUCING A NEW CASH CROP, BROOM CORN. PRODUCING A NEW CASH CROP, BROOM CORN. NOT ONLY COULD THE STRAW BE CORN. NOT ONLY COULD THE STRAW BE SOLD, BUT USING EQUIPMENT LIKE NOT ONLY COULD THE STRAW BE SOLD, BUT USING EQUIPMENT LIKE THIS, IT COULD BE MADE INTO A SOLD, BUT USING EQUIPMENT LIKE THIS, IT COULD BE MADE INTO A BROOM. THIS, IT COULD BE MADE INTO A BROOM. YOU MIGHT ALSO ALMOST SAY IT WAS BROOM. YOU MIGHT ALSO ALMOST SAY IT WAS A SWEEP TO BRING IN SOME CHANGE! YOU MIGHT ALSO ALMOST SAY IT WAS A SWEEP TO BRING IN SOME CHANGE! TWO TYPES OF BROOMS WERE MADE A SWEEP TO BRING IN SOME CHANGE! TWO TYPES OF BROOMS WERE MADE AND SOLD: ONE WAS A ROUGH MODEL TWO TYPES OF BROOMS WERE MADE AND SOLD: ONE WAS A ROUGH MODEL WHERE THE STRAW WAS ATTACHED TO AND SOLD: ONE WAS A ROUGH MODEL WHERE THE STRAW WAS ATTACHED TO A POLE AND THEN CUT. WHERE THE STRAW WAS ATTACHED TO A POLE AND THEN CUT. THE OTHER WAS A FLAT BROOM WHERE A POLE AND THEN CUT. THE OTHER WAS A FLAT BROOM WHERE THE STRAW WAS PRESSED THEN WOVEN THE OTHER WAS A FLAT BROOM WHERE THE STRAW WAS PRESSED THEN WOVEN TOGETHER. THE STRAW WAS PRESSED THEN WOVEN TOGETHER. THE LARGEST SALE MADE BY THE TOGETHER. THE LARGEST SALE MADE BY THE COLONY OCCURRED IN 1857 WHEN THE LARGEST SALE MADE BY THE COLONY OCCURRED IN 1857 WHEN THEY SHIPPED 14,000 BROOMS TO COLONY OCCURRED IN 1857 WHEN THEY SHIPPED 14,000 BROOMS TO ST. LOUIS FOR $2,130. THEY SHIPPED 14,000 BROOMS TO ST. LOUIS FOR $2,130. SO BETWEEN THE BROOMS, FARM ST. LOUIS FOR $2,130. SO BETWEEN THE BROOMS, FARM PRODUCTION, AND FURNITURE SO BETWEEN THE BROOMS, FARM PRODUCTION, AND FURNITURE MAKING, THIS WAS BECOMING A PRODUCTION, AND FURNITURE MAKING, THIS WAS BECOMING A POPULAR TOWN FOR BUYERS. MAKING, THIS WAS BECOMING A POPULAR TOWN FOR BUYERS. STILL STANDING IS THE OLD COLONY POPULAR TOWN FOR BUYERS. STILL STANDING IS THE OLD COLONY STORE WHICH WAS NOT FOR SELLING STILL STANDING IS THE OLD COLONY STORE WHICH WAS NOT FOR SELLING ITEMS TO THE RESIDENTS OF BISHOP STORE WHICH WAS NOT FOR SELLING ITEMS TO THE RESIDENTS OF BISHOP HILL, BUT TO DISPLAY THE TOWN'S ITEMS TO THE RESIDENTS OF BISHOP HILL, BUT TO DISPLAY THE TOWN'S OUTPUT FOR TRAVELING MERCHANTS. HILL, BUT TO DISPLAY THE TOWN'S OUTPUT FOR TRAVELING MERCHANTS. NEARBY IS A COLONY'S HOTEL IT TO OUTPUT FOR TRAVELING MERCHANTS. NEARBY IS A COLONY'S HOTEL IT TO WHICH A THIRD FLOOR WAS LATER NEARBY IS A COLONY'S HOTEL IT TO WHICH A THIRD FLOOR WAS LATER ADDED CONTAINING A STAGE AND A WHICH A THIRD FLOOR WAS LATER ADDED CONTAINING A STAGE AND A BALLROOM. ADDED CONTAINING A STAGE AND A BALLROOM. >> BROOM MAKING CAME TO AN ABRUPT END IN 1861, THAT WAS WHEN A FIRE DESTROYED THE CROP AND THE END IN 1861, THAT WAS WHEN A FIRE DESTROYED THE CROP AND THE PRODUCTION SHEDS. FIRE DESTROYED THE CROP AND THE PRODUCTION SHEDS. IT WAS ALSO A TIME WHEN THE MEN PRODUCTION SHEDS. IT WAS ALSO A TIME WHEN THE MEN WERE GOING OFF TO THE CIVIL WAR IT WAS ALSO A TIME WHEN THE MEN WERE GOING OFF TO THE CIVIL WAR AND THE COLONY BEGAN TO DISSOLVE WERE GOING OFF TO THE CIVIL WAR AND THE COLONY BEGAN TO DISSOLVE AT THE ENTRANCE OF BISHOP HILL AND THE COLONY BEGAN TO DISSOLVE AT THE ENTRANCE OF BISHOP HILL IS A NEWER BUILDING THAT HOUSES AT THE ENTRANCE OF BISHOP HILL IS A NEWER BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE PAINTINGS OF OLAV CRANS IS A NEWER BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE PAINTINGS OF OLAV CRANS WHOSE WORKS YOU ARE SEEING THE PAINTINGS OF OLAV CRANS WHOSE WORKS YOU ARE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. WHOSE WORKS YOU ARE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. HE CAME HERE IN 1850 AT THE AGE THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. HE CAME HERE IN 1850 AT THE AGE OF TWELVE. HE CAME HERE IN 1850 AT THE AGE OF TWELVE. IN LATER YEARS, HE PAINTED HIS OF TWELVE. IN LATER YEARS, HE PAINTED HIS AND OTHERS REMEMBRANCES OF LIFE IN LATER YEARS, HE PAINTED HIS AND OTHERS REMEMBRANCES OF LIFE IN THE TOWN. AND OTHERS REMEMBRANCES OF LIFE IN THE TOWN. IT IS THE ONLY VISUAL RECORD WE IN THE TOWN. IT IS THE ONLY VISUAL RECORD WE HAVE OF THOSE TIMES. IT IS THE ONLY VISUAL RECORD WE HAVE OF THOSE TIMES. HE EVEN DID PORTRAITS OF SOME OF HAVE OF THOSE TIMES. HE EVEN DID PORTRAITS OF SOME OF THE COLONY'S MEMBERS, AND AMONG HE EVEN DID PORTRAITS OF SOME OF THE COLONY'S MEMBERS, AND AMONG THEM IS THIS ONE OF CARLOTTA THE COLONY'S MEMBERS, AND AMONG THEM IS THIS ONE OF CARLOTTA ROOT, A COUSIN OF ERIC JANSON, THEM IS THIS ONE OF CARLOTTA ROOT, A COUSIN OF ERIC JANSON, THE COLONY'S FOUNDER. SHE ROOT, A COUSIN OF ERIC JANSON, THE COLONY'S FOUNDER. SHE MARRIED OUTSIDER, JOHN ROOT, WHO THE COLONY'S FOUNDER. SHE MARRIED OUTSIDER, JOHN ROOT, WHO EVENTUALLY LEFT THE TOWN. MARRIED OUTSIDER, JOHN ROOT, WHO EVENTUALLY LEFT THE TOWN. ROOT WANTED CARLOTTA TO FOLLOW. EVENTUALLY LEFT THE TOWN. ROOT WANTED CARLOTTA TO FOLLOW. JANSON DID NOT. ROOT WANTED CARLOTTA TO FOLLOW. JANSON DID NOT. THE DISPUTE ESCALATED UNTIL MAY JANSON DID NOT. THE DISPUTE ESCALATED UNTIL MAY OF 1850 WHEN JOHN ROOT SHOT ERIC THE DISPUTE ESCALATED UNTIL MAY OF 1850 WHEN JOHN ROOT SHOT ERIC JANSON DEAD. OF 1850 WHEN JOHN ROOT SHOT ERIC JANSON DEAD. THE COLONY CONTINUED FOR A FEW JANSON DEAD. THE COLONY CONTINUED FOR A FEW MORE YEARS, BUT BISHOP HILL HAD THE COLONY CONTINUED FOR A FEW MORE YEARS, BUT BISHOP HILL HAD LOST ITS DRIVING FORCE. IN ADDITION TO LOSING THEIR LEADER, THE COLONY WAS GOING INTO DEBT BECAUSE OF SOME BAD LEADER, THE COLONY WAS GOING INTO DEBT BECAUSE OF SOME BAD INVESTMENTS AND DEPRESSION. INTO DEBT BECAUSE OF SOME BAD INVESTMENTS AND DEPRESSION. FINALLY IT WAS DECIDED TO INVESTMENTS AND DEPRESSION. FINALLY IT WAS DECIDED TO DISSOLVE THE COLONY. FINALLY IT WAS DECIDED TO DISSOLVE THE COLONY. EACH FAMILY RECEIVED THE ROOM DISSOLVE THE COLONY. EACH FAMILY RECEIVED THE ROOM THEY WERE LIVING IN, SEVERAL EACH FAMILY RECEIVED THE ROOM THEY WERE LIVING IN, SEVERAL ACRES FOR GROWING CROPS, AND A THEY WERE LIVING IN, SEVERAL ACRES FOR GROWING CROPS, AND A WOOD PLOT FOR FIREWOOD. ACRES FOR GROWING CROPS, AND A WOOD PLOT FOR FIREWOOD. TODAY VISITORS CAN GO THROUGH WOOD PLOT FOR FIREWOOD. TODAY VISITORS CAN GO THROUGH SEVERAL OF THE COLONY'S TODAY VISITORS CAN GO THROUGH SEVERAL OF THE COLONY'S BUILDINGS AND EXPLORE THE SEVERAL OF THE COLONY'S BUILDINGS AND EXPLORE THE MUSEUMS, SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS. BUILDINGS AND EXPLORE THE MUSEUMS, SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS. IF THE LEGACY OF BISHOP HILL IS MUSEUMS, SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS. IF THE LEGACY OF BISHOP HILL IS MUCH MORE THAN A FEW BRICK IF THE LEGACY OF BISHOP HILL IS MUCH MORE THAN A FEW BRICK BUILDINGS. MUCH MORE THAN A FEW BRICK BUILDINGS. DURING ITS TIME, 1200 SWEDISH BUILDINGS. DURING ITS TIME, 1200 SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS MOVED TO THIS COLONY. DURING ITS TIME, 1200 SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS MOVED TO THIS COLONY. THEY WOULD HAVE THEN BEEN A NEW IMMIGRANTS MOVED TO THIS COLONY. THEY WOULD HAVE THEN BEEN A NEW MOVEMENT WHOSE LETTERS AND THEY WOULD HAVE THEN BEEN A NEW MOVEMENT WHOSE LETTERS AND DESCRIPTIONS HELPED CREATE. MOVEMENT WHOSE LETTERS AND DESCRIPTIONS HELPED CREATE. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE DESCRIPTIONS HELPED CREATE. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT MIGRATION DURING WHICH IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT MIGRATION DURING WHICH TIME APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF GREAT MIGRATION DURING WHICH TIME APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF SWEEDEN'S TOTAL POPULATION LEFT TIME APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF SWEEDEN'S TOTAL POPULATION LEFT ITS HOMELAND AND MOVED TO SWEEDEN'S TOTAL POPULATION LEFT ITS HOMELAND AND MOVED TO AMERICA. THAT IS THE LASTING LEGACY OF THE PIONEERS WHO SETTLED HERE, SURVIVED THAT FIRST WINTER WHILE THE PIONEERS WHO SETTLED HERE, SURVIVED THAT FIRST WINTER WHILE SEEKING A COMMUNITY ON THEIR OWN SURVIVED THAT FIRST WINTER WHILE SEEKING A COMMUNITY ON THEIR OWN TERMS. SEEKING A COMMUNITY ON THEIR OWN TERMS. MORE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TERMS. MORE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BISHOP HILL OR FOR LISTING OF MORE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BISHOP HILL OR FOR LISTING OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES BISHOP HILL OR FOR LISTING OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CALL SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CALL (309)927-3345.