
News From The Manor
Temporarily Closed as of 3/21/2020
Please be advised that Indian Hill Manor and Farm and its office is closed until further notice due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). If you need to reach us, please contact Joy and/or Jerry on their personal phones, Smejafdn@Gmail.com or 815-964-6464. Your cooperation...
read moreOld Barn Survey in Kishwaukee Area
The private foundation that owns the historic Indian Hill Manor and Farm is conducting a survey of historic barns and other farm buildings in the rural area around the old village of Kishwaukee. The area covered by the survey includes parts of southwest Rockford...
read moreGeorge Stevens Elected to Smeja Foundation Board
George Stevens, Rockford, former member of the Rockford School Board (1987-1992), retired speech pathologist, and past Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois Department of Public Health, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Smeja Homestead Foundation,...
read moreIndian Hill Manor: A Crossroads of History, Mystery and Two Rivers
Northwest Quarterly Summer-Fall 2017 by Janine Pumilia, Manager Editor Used with permission of Northwest Quarterly Magazine For thousands of years, native people enjoyed the scenic juncture where the Rock and Kishwaukee rivers meet. Step inside the stately manor atop...
read moreSmeja Foundation supports old barn survey in Kishwaukee area
The private foundation that owns the historic Indian Hill Manor and Farm on Kishwaukee Road, southwest of Rockford, is conducting a survey of historic barns and other farm buildings in the rural area around the old village of Kishwaukee. The area covered by the survey...
read moreHo-Chunk Flute Making Workshop to be held August 23-25 at Indian Hill Manor
This 3-day instructional Workshop will teach you about the history of the Native American courting flute, then guide you on how to make, and play your very own flute. You’ll leave with a beautiful Ho-Chunk style courting flute and will have the skills to play the...
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