Pioneer Windmill
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)
34.8150° N, 102.3975° W
Where to Find It
Santa Fe Park, SE corner E. 1st St. (US 60) and S. Main St.
Nearby Markers
- 0.2 mi N Deaf Smith County Hereford
- 0.2 mi N Deaf Smith Courthouse, 1910 Hereford
- 0.3 mi N Former Site of Saint Anthony's Catholic School Hereford
- 0.3 mi N Two-Wheel Fire Hose Reel Hereford
- 0.3 mi N Ghost Towns of Deaf Smith County Hereford
- 0.4 mi W The E. B. Black Residence Hereford