Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

Yes Happy New year! All is well here in Central Texas. A little cool with rain in the forecast.

Yes shaped like a bottle is the best way to describe them. Some around here would have a neck where they mounted the rope and pulley for drawing water. There is a home near me built in 1910. Still has the Cistern. The Great Grandson of the builder still lives in the house. His Dad told me he used to...

You have to taste it to know. Hard to describe. If you like pecans that's a start. They are full of pecans, and of course the fruit. The cake is there to hold it all together.

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Hey Gregg, I don't guess you were at Lubbock or didn't come by my table. I was serving Corsicana Fruit cake. Had bunches tell me I don't like Fruit Cake but I like this. A lady from Minnesota said she was going to serve one at her ladies get together and not tell them what it was. My Mama was happie...

Does anybody have Windy Bobs email to get him onboard. He always has a tale or two!

Merry Christmas to All!

I sent an email to Tanya at the Wind Power center in Lubbock. Asking if she could let everyone on her list know about the forum. Figured she had the most complete list of all wind millers.

I never knew what a cistern was until I moved to Corsicana. Not many windmills but every house had a cistern or they had no water. They look like a hand dug well until you get up close.

My daughter sent me this photo from eastern Or. Probably from around Le Grande. It looks like a Samson Air flow to me. From the looks of the tower I bet it had a big old wooden mill on it at one time.