Windmill Power in Blair

Pioneers to Nebraska were many of them dreamers, perhaps all of them. The prevailing type of dream was a home with trees, and flowers and children and friends. Not all of these dreams were realized in completion. There were also some pipe dreams. Blair for many years had for one of its notable buildings a large square building erected by an early settler named Carson. His dream was to equip this building with a wind mill which would render all kinds of mechanical service. The windmill was never installed, but the odd looking building remained there for nearly fifty years until it was torn down this fall.

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Vol VI, no 2 (part 4)    Apr - Jun 1923   Journals of the Nebraska State Historical Society