| Marker Number |
4036 |
| Atlas Number |
5117004036 |
| Marker Title |
Pioneer Windmill |
| Index Entry |
Pioneer Windmill |
| Address |
148 E. First St. |
| City |
Hereford |
| County |
Deaf Smith |
| UTM Zone |
13 |
| UTM Easting |
738049 |
| UTM Northing |
3855621 |
| Subject Codes |
water topics |
| Marker Year |
1970 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Santa Fe Park, SE corner E. 1st St. (US 60) and S. Main St. |
| Private Property |
|
| Marker Condition |
|
| Marker Size |
14" x 24" |
| Marker Text |
A wind-driven machine for pumping water. Its use made gardening easier and led to irrigated farming on arid High Plains. With barbed wire, it enabled settlers and stockmen to penetrate region in 1870s. Town had name "Windmill City" because of some 400 towers once on landscape. (1970) |
