1869 Windmill at North Platte Station

1869 Windmill at North Platte Station — Here's a #TBT from 1869 taken at the North Platte Station in Lincoln County, Nebraska. At this point the Platte River ran through an almost entirely treeless plain, with but very few objects in nature to relieve the dead monotony, so that the windmills, which occurred at nearly all the stations, for the purpose of raising water to the tanks, formed a very prominent feature in the landscape. In the photo you can also see William Henry Jackson's signature just below the first Union Pacific Railroad car. Photo credit: William Henry Jackson