Pioneer Windmill

Pioneer Windmill (HM11X8)

Location: Hereford, TX 79045 Deaf Smith County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 48.903', W 102° 23.846'

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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.
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HM NumberHM11X8
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Marker Number4036
Year Placed1970
Placed ByState Historical Survey Committee
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 9:49am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13S E 738050 N 3855621
Decimal Degrees34.81505000, -102.39743333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 48.903', W 102° 23.846'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 48' 54.18" N, 102° 23' 50.76" W
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Area Code(s)806
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 146-198 E 1st St, Hereford TX 79045, US
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