When S.L. Muzzy arrived in Greenville in 1910 and purchased a large farm overlooking Moosehead Lake, he was planting roots that would hold for generations. What followed was six decades of hard work, heartbreak, resilience, and reinvention on a piece of land that became one of the most recognizable names in the region.

In October 1929, as the Great Depression began, a fire destroyed the entire farm — barns, equipment, livestock, and the family home. The community rallied, neighbors shared hay to feed the surviving cattle, and by the following spring, Indian Hill Farm rose from the ashes with a new farmhouse and barn.

Through the decades that followed, the farm evolved with the times. What began as a subsistence operation — selling milk, eggs, and meat door-to-door by horse and wagon — grew into a mechanized dairy farm and eventually Indian Hill Farm Dairy, Greenville’s last remaining active farm by 1950. The family also pioneered tourism in the region, building rental cottages in the 1920s later constructing Indian Hill Motel, the first motel in the Moosehead Lake area, and then the Indian Hill Trading Post in 1978.

Join us as the Muzzy family shares this story through photographs and memories, tracing Indian Hill Farm from 1910 through 1970 when the farming operation came to a close. Executive Director Luke Muzzy will lead the presentation and brothers Matt and Mark will be on hand to add their own recollections and take questions from the audience.

Thursday, August 27, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Center for Moosehead History