The story of the water-pumping windmill and what it meant to the survival of settlers is everywhere in the cluttered Kregel museum: hundreds of undisturbed boxes full of parts, benches littered with ...

Long before wind turbines were used to produce renewable energy, windmills were pumping water. To celebrate the role windmills played in the settlement of North Dakota, the Stark County Historical ...

NEWFANE – Two dedicated volunteers are trying to restore a 1927 Aeromotor Water Pumping Windmill for the Town of Newfane Historical Society and they need the public’s help. They are looking for the ...

Work on restoration of the windmill and water pump at the Tischner- Gregory- Goodell - Wallisch historic site was underway on May 20. Paul A. Behrends and Tyler Brockett came in from Champagne, ...

Here's the deal: The 100-year-old windmill at the northwest end of Golden Gate Park continues to draw tourists and park-goers who marvel at its rehabilitation, but its sister windmill at the park's ...

A vintage Halladay Standard windmill from Yerington, a 130-year-old device that was the model for water-pumping windmills across the American West, was replaced Saturday atop its original 60-foot ...

Butte Valley >> The growing availability of electricity spelled their death, but for generations windmills were the backbone of the American frontier. With squeaky determination, they faced the wind ...

The sound of a creaking windmill, constant wind and dripping water help define a classic scene in the 1968 Sergio Leone film, “Once Upon A Time in the West.” David Foster wanted that symbol of the ...