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Warbonnet Windmill
A Warbonnet windmill was particularly common in the Great Plains. It was characterized by its small wooden blades and ability to pump water efficiently. These windmills were ideal for settlers, able to pump water from great depths at a steady rate, even in variable wind conditions.
The Warbonnet windmill was placed in the Heritage Park in 1993 on a wooden tower built in the Sandhills and brought to Battle Creek to make it more historically accurate.
There are three windmills in the Battle Creek Park, but if you have a chance to watch the Warbonnet windmill on a windy day, it is spectacular.
Lubber, the horse
Lubber, the horse, was born in 1921 at the Miller Ranch in Holt County, Nebraska. His parents were just medium-sized, and Lubber was just an ordinary-sized colt at birth.
A. E. Ponton and Sons of Battle Creek bought him in 1925, when he was four years old. At that time, Lubber weighed 2,000 pounds and stood 7’4”.
They exhibited him in various carnivals in the 1920s as the World’s Largest Horse, and he was shown throughout several states, including Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Mississippi. He died at Rock Island, Illinois. Veterinarians reported that Lubber had died of pneumonia.
The Press said: “Lubber stood 21 hands high and was 3,120 pounds in weight. He was just a six-year-old. And his conformation was pronounced almost perfect. He had the action of a polo pony. Many thousands had seen him and learned to love the big, friendly, almost human animal.”
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