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The Windmills at Riverside Farm

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The latest photo's reflect our progress through 6/21/10.
 
We agree with those who believe that individuals that earn anything from such great historical treasures are obligated to give something back to the community for their enjoyment! That is exactly what we are doing with the creation of our windmill park. If you would like to join the group of donors, noted below, who have been gracious enough to assist in our efforts, you can make an on-line contribution by clicking the donation icon below.

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With our Grand Opening & Dedication behind us we continue to scramble to get everything done that remains unfinished. It has not happened over night but we are making progress. Our goal is to finish things this summer. We appear to be on track.
 
It is not our intention to have the largest collection nor one consisting of one of a kind mills. There are plenty of others out there driven by such goals. Consistent with the overall intention of our windmill websites, we are focused on the casual collector and restorer and hope to create and assist entry level endeavers.
 
One of our winter 2009 projects was placing our 10ft Eclipse Type P atop its tower. It was restored by Dan Benjamin of Windmills-R- Us and is beautiful! We are now focused on assembling the wheel for our 10ft Fairbury No.7 Micheal Porterfield, of Prarie Legend Windmills, restored for us. It is a unique mill that turned out great. Our Elgin #2, Bobtail Raymond & Challenge Vaneless, as restored by Loren Lockman of Double L Windmills,  are worth the visit alone. We just completed restoration of our Red Cross and Original Star wooden wheel mills. They, along with 3 other wood wheel mills, are displayed in our indoor area. We acquired an unknown and unusual 12ft wooden wheel this past winter that we also have on display in the barn. Two group work days were scheduled for June & July to insure all our mills are on their towers in time for our 4th Annual Fall Festival. On 6/19/10 we placed all our remaining restored mills on their towers. Our July work day will focus on completing wheel and vane placements for those mills.
 
We are currently open Friday's, Saturday's & Sunday's through the summer months, or by chance or appointment on other days. Admission will always be FREE. Feel free to call us ahead of time once you know your visit schedule.
 
Over the past 4 years much has been achieved. The land was secured, the park meadow cleared, perimeter fence installed and a small reception building, large display barn & storage shed completed. Gathering and restoring our collection has been a huge group effort. Installations began many months ago on the first 47 mills being moved to the property. All but 2 towers are now in place with more to be erected as we progress. We started installing the heads on 4/19/09 and had the first 26 complete mills in place as of 7/27/09. Michael Porterfield of Praire Legends Windmills in Choctaw, OK was instrumental in our stretch run progress.  Our indoor display facility is complete with 5 short towers erected inside that recieved their mills in early June 2010. A number of windmill weights and rare tail vanes are already hung for display, and we have hung a large group of the hundreds of vintage pictures and windmill collectables that will also be available for viewing. We completed clearing an additional 1 acre in Oct. '09 making room for our A-612, 8ft Xray, 6ft Dempster #7, and 5ft Star 37 mills. Those towers are now erected with the Zephyr & Dempster #7 mounted and spinning in the breeze. Additional clearing will take place during the fall of 2010 for future additions. Our latest addition to our collection is a 10ft OK wood wheel mill.
 
Mills included currently in our collection are noted below.  The asteric * indicates those mills now on display. We have posted pictures below of many in our collection and as shown the change of seasons brings a new perspective to each of these historical treasures.
 
8ft 402 R.A. Pumping Aermotor*
8ft A-502 Aermotor*
10ft B-602 Aermotor*
8ft A-612 Aermotor*
6ft X-702 Aermotor*
6ft X-802 Aermotor, Valley Industries*
10ft Althouse Wheeler Bobtail Raymond*
5 1/2ft Baker Heller-Aller Run in Oil*
8ft Heller-Aller Direct Stroke Wind Engine*
10ft Challenge Vaneless*
10ft Challenge D.S. Solid Wheel*
8ft Challenge 27*
6ft Currie Open Gear*
8ft Currie Oil-Bath*
8ft Dandy*
10ft Dempster #4*
6ft Dempster #7*
8ft Dempster #8*
8ft Dempster #10*
8ft Dempster #11*
6ft Dempster #12*
8ft Dempster #12A*
8 1/2ft Eli*
10ft Elgin #2*
8ft 1893 Fairbanks Steel*
10ft Fairbanks-Morse Eclipes Type P*
10ft Fairbury 7*
6ft Fairbury/Michler Pioneer*
10ft OK
10ft Original Star*
8ft F & W Star 12*
5ft F & W Star 37 Zephyr*
6ft Freeman Clipper*
8ft I.X.L.
8ft Kenwood Open Gear*
5ft Monitor V*
8ft Monitor K*
10ft Monitor L*
6 1/2ft Monitor Hambone*
6 1/2ft Monitor WB*
8ft Parish*
10ft Red Cross Solid Wheel*
6ft Samson Steel*
10ft Woodmanse Steel Direct Drive*
8ft Woodmanse AirMaster*
8ft Woodmanse Steel*
8ft XRAY*
 
Unfinished mills currently being restored include an 8ft IXL and a 10ft OK, the late being wooden wheel mill being restored by our local team.
 

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Our Woodmanse Steel, A-502, Star 12 & AirMaster erected 7/21/09.

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Our collection is displayed in a park like setting surrounded by trees in a beautiful farming community.

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Our 10ft Big Spear Challenge Vaneless. This mill was aquired from the family who originally erected it near Columbus, NE.

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Originally produced from 1927 until 1941 our Challenge 27 was first erected in Kansas.

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Our 8ft Parish Windmill is a unique chain drive mill designed by Gus Parish, of Earth, TX, for a friend looking for a simple mill design. Commercially available in TX, OK, NM & KS for only a few years.

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The Woodmanse Steel Back-Geared Mill was introduced in 1892. Ours was acquired in eastern Nebraska after many years of service.

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Our 6ft Oil-Bath Currie is an outstandy example of "The Poor Man's" windmill manufactured in Kanas.

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As you enter the park, on your way to the indoor display barn, you're greeted by a 6ft Samson Steel & 8ft Kenwood.

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Our 10ft Original Star on its indoor tower along side 4 other wood wheel mills including a 10ft Eclipse, 10ft Red Cross, 10ft Challenge D.S. & Monitor L.

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Originally sold by a distributor in Oklahoma our 8ft Airmaster was restored by Micheal Porterfield of Praire Legend Windmills.

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Our 8.5ft Eli, erected 7/20/09, was produced by the Kregel Wind Mill Co. located in Nebraska City, NE. Distribution of this direct stroke mill outside the surrounding 75 mile area was uncommon.

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Our 6 1/2ft Monitor WB earned is spot in our collection as a limited production "pull-out" version. This was the first mill aquired in our collection.

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One of several vintage picture & advertising collages
in the indoor display barn.

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A 10ft Woodmanse Direct Stroke, from Freeport, IL now on display.

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Our Dempster 12A, one of eight Dempster windmill in our collection.

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Our original Valley Industries X-802 Aermotor was erected 7/20/09.

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Our 8ft Kenwood completed 8/4/09, sporting a freshly dipped wheel & vane produced by Dan Benjamin of Windmills-R-Us.

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Windmill  historian T. Lindsay Baker has written about the mill that was "Good Enough", produced for local residents in No. Central Kansas.

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Free tractor rides to any visitor willing to help mow the grounds.

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Our 8ft A-502 Aermotor is an exceedingly rare model given its limited production run due to signifigant design flaws. Restored to pumping condition by our local team.

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T. Weber & M. Porterfield help erect our Parrish windmill.

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Our Elgin #2, restored by Loren Lockman of Double L Windmills. Extremely rare as fewer than 12 are known to exist.

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Made for 20+ years begining in 1910 this Monitor model K came to us from Nebraska.

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The Monitor "Hambone", named for its resemblence to a large ham, was Baker's first Self-Oiling mill. Our small 6 1/2ft version is unique given its shallow pumping capacity. Originally erected in South Dakota.

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Our Bobtail Raymond, restored by Loren Lockman, was aquired in central Kansas where it had been originally purchased in the late 1890's.

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Given the shallow pumping capacity our 5ft Star 37
is a rare mill sold in limited numbers.

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Our 8ft Heller Aller Direct Stroke erected 7/21/09 with
the help of Micheal Porterfield of Prairie Legend Windmills.

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A vintage 12ft wood wheel purchased in Logonsport, IN has been hung on one wall inside our display barn where 5 other complete wood wheel mills are displayed.

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Produced between 1912 and 1926 our Star model 12 is a open double gear workhorse we aquired in Colorado.

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A seldom seen 6ft Michler Fairbury as produced by C & P Machine of Salina, KS. Ours was located in service on a Texas ranch.

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Several vintage vanes are displayed in our barn including these examples from the Perkins Wind Mill Co. of Mishawaka, IN and Althouse-Wheeler Co. of Waupun, WI.

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Our collection includes numerous models produced by the Aermotor Co. This 6ft X-702 spins proudly atop its 21ft 3 post tower.

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6ft Monitor Hambone being set in April 2009 by
a group of frequent volunteers.

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Our 5.5 Baker Heller-Aller as produced by the Napolian OH based company.

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Our Dandy, manufactured in Batavia, IL, erected near our indoor display barn.

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A Parrish, Mod. 5.5 BHA, Monitor K plus 
Dempster 12A & 12 installed 7/21/09.

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Some of the windmill weights hanging in the rafters of the indoor display barn. Many more are on display including a Battleship from a 12ft Baker Model M.

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Our Fairbanks is known as the first widely distributed all steel mill made by Fairbanks, Morse & Co. in 1895.

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Though first introduced in the 1890's our 6ft Samson Steel was made sometime after 1920 as it is the final Hyatt bearing version produced for a few years prior to being discontinued.

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Young windmillers in attendance at our Grand Opening & Dedication.

Thank you to the following Platinum Donors who are helping make this possible:
 
Bill Neese, Center Point, IN
Helen Scherb, Terre Haute, IN
Clay Tyson, Higgins, TX
Shane Spangler, Fairview, KS
Thomas Weber, Terre Haute, IN
Walter Galbreath, Kansas City, MO
Luke & Ann Dever, Terre Haute, IN
L. A. Joy, Atherton, IN
Richard Duistan, Beatrice, NE
Larry Ryland, Vacaville, CA
Dan Andreason, Pattonsburg, MO
Michael Porterfield, Choctaw, OK
Robert Gilmore, Miltonvale, KS
William Sherlock, Maymont, SK, Canada
Mark Kuckleman, Axtell, KS
Alfred Dunsing, Leduc, Alberta, Canada
Derrick Roberts, Woodward, OK
Jim Koch, Hoagland, IN
Dan Benjamin, Freeman, SD
Muller Industries, Yankton, SD
Burl Buchanan, Spearman, TX
Dr. John Radosevich, Wheatland, WY
David Grapes, Liberty Township, OH
Jason Szafranski, Oak Park, MN
Dennis Weise, Amery, WI
Loren Lockman, Murdock, NE
Global Pump & Equipment, Abernathy, TX
Fed Ex Corp., Indianapolis, IN
Robert Young, Greenleaf, KS
Ronnie Weyer, Waymor, NE
 
Please contact us for details on how you can make a contribution to these efforts.

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