Windmilling — the art of fixing old water windmills — is difficult and dangerous work, and now it faces competition from solar pumps. But long-time windmillers in the Panhandle wouldn't trade ...

In 1999, Terry Rodman built a windmill for his wife, from scratch. Then, ... Century-old farm relics once used to pump water out of the ground found a new home at Rodman's.

Today’s larger wind farms can include hundreds of 280-feet tall turbines and cover thousands of acres, generating enough megawatts to power all the homes in the Twin Cities and more.

The wind-powered devices once provided the water in your faucet and bath, and kept your family, cows and horses thriving. Windmills still water cattle in western Nebraska, irrigate gardens and ...

Coming of age in the late 1800s, windmills gained popularity, not for electricity generation, but to pump water for homesteaders and their cattle. “It's a lot of our heritage,” Kris says.

Regarding the letters of May 25 on rural wind power: Rural America used wind before electricity was available. Most farms had a windmill. They pumped water from the well into a tank for home use ...

For Henneberque, the capping ceremony marked a significant milestone in the 15 year odyssey to save the 106-year-old windmill, which was once slated for demolition. But it wasn’t an easy journey.

Windmills still water cattle in western Nebraska, irrigate gardens and are used for decoration. “Water is life,” Yott said. “They made getting that water in the middle of nowhere possible.” ...

Ralph Gonzalez has proved his critics wrong by moving a towering windmill halfway across the state to his Lake County summer home. It was a tough job requiring six grueling months of disassembly, t… ...

These Charming Windmills Are Nearly 300-Years-Old—and Functional. ... One thousand years ago, the area was a peat bog, visited by hunters and fishermen only in the summer when the water subsided.

Restoration of a 120-year-old water tower and windmill imported from Yerington has turned into a long-term history project for Carson City builders Red and Tom Metcalf. The tower's framework is being ...