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Arriba
In frontier Arriba (locally pronounced "AIR-uh-buh"), the only thing
more scarce than water was whiskey. Charles Creel, who founded
the town in 1888 to greet the advancing Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific . . . — — Map (db m89381) HM
Sand Creek Massacre
At dawn on the morning of November 29 I was still in bed when I heard shouts and the noise of people running about the camp. I jumped up and ran out of my lodge. From down the creek a large body of troops was . . . — — Map (db m107245) HM
Erected through the cooperation of Federal, State and local governments by Works Progress Administration. Dedicated to the enrichment of human lives. A record of permanent achievement. — — Map (db m118241) HM
In memory of the men from Lincoln County who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War that liberty shall not perish from the Earth — — Map (db m213695) WM
Welcome to Lincoln County, Home of Pioneer Hospitality!
With its cowboy and homesteader heritage, Lincoln County is infused with an old-time spirit of hospitality. The discovery of gold in the Colorado mountains brought large cattle . . . — — Map (db m107246) HM
Chicago Illinois was the site for the Aeromotor Windmill Co. being the first to build all steel windmills. Two men, Thomas Ferry and Laverne Noyes founded Aeromotor Company in 1888, and began manufacturing the metal windmill. Mr. Perry had . . . — — Map (db m257698) HM
An official project commemorating Colorado's 100th year of Statehood and the United States' 200th Year of Independence. Endorsed by the Colorado Centennial-Bicentennial Commission Joe M. Lacy, Chairman Richard D. Lamm, Governor — — Map (db m257779) HM
The Currie windmills were always known as the “poor man's windmill” built in Topeka, Kansas, beginning in 1911 until the 1950's when the company ceased operations. The cost of a Currie in 1911 was $14.00, during the Depression years, $17.50 and . . . — — Map (db m257684) HM
This windmill was sold by Sears & Roebuck Co. through their mail order catalog, based in Chicago, Il. The David Bradley was identical to the Monitor W series manufactured by Baker Mfg. in Evansville, Wisconsin. The only difference between the David . . . — — Map (db m257699) HM
This Dempster No. 12 Annu-Oiled Windmill has been in production by the Dempster Manufacturing Co. in Beatrice Nebraska since 1922. This mill came in six, eight, ten, twelve and fourteen-foot sizes, this one being a six-foot model. The Dempster . . . — — Map (db m257696) HM
The Eclipse windmill was invented by Rev. Leonard Wheeler in 1866, with the help of his son William. They began manufacturing this mill in 1866 in Beloit, Wisconsin. In 1890 they sold the company to Fairbanks, Morse and Co. of Chicago. This mill . . . — — Map (db m257693) HM
The Fairbury No. 33 earned its name from Fairbury, Neb. where they were manufactured until the late 1940's. Fairbury No. 33 mills were known as “the New Deal windmill” in an effort to survive the depressed economic conditions of the 1930's, being . . . — — Map (db m257697) HM
This Prairie Monument mirrors the character of all pioneer families on these eastern Colorado plains. They shaped their world, and the land, wind, rain, and snow in turn, shaped them.
In order to escape the drought of 1950, the Conrad Schafer . . . — — Map (db m250407) HM
