Water and wind offer powerful symbols on the Arizona Trail, where thirsty hikers have to hunt harder and windmills stand ...
LITTLE CHUTE (WLUK) -- We drink water, travel on water and now you can learn about our local water. The Wisconsin Historical Society's "Great Lakes, Small Streams: How Water Shapes Wisconsin" exhibit ...
HOLLAND, MI – Picture this: You’re kayaking down a peaceful water trail, taking in the gorgeous natural surroundings, when you look up to see a stunning, authentic Dutch windmill looming over you. You ...
VICTOR, Mont. — You can still find windmills on the American landscape. Most of them are in rural areas with limited water. But for the most part, they are vestiges of a time that is passing. Big Sky ...
More than 100 years ago they represented life itself on a farm. Dotting the landscape of the Plains, the windmill carried water from deep underground to the surface. Today, it’s serenity in rhythm as ...
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Some historians consider a windmill as one of the tools that helped open the American West to settlement. Water is one of the basic requirements of life for man and livestock. Cattle and horses can ...
Problems involving floods, lack of power and failing levees are not new. Holland has faced all of them for centuries. Originally, the land that is Holland today was a marsh, but through the years ...
David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...