Near 1st Street at G Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near 1st Street near Civic Center Drive, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near 1st Street at Civic Center Drive, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near 1st Street at G Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near 1st Street at G Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near 1st Street near F Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near 1st Street at G Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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
On 1st Street 0.1 miles south of Main Street (Business Interstate 70), on the right when traveling south.
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
