We decided to do a little geocaching at the windmill. We found the exact coordinates but no cache. We think it was stolen. There are so many hunters that come through here. It was fun to get out in the beautiful weather though. Mr. Ferrer Rocher decided to start the windmill to see if any water would come up. No luck!
As you can see from this survey tag, the windmill was owned by Miller & Lux, the largest cattle operation in the west during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. It was said they could drive their cattle from Canada to Mexico without ever leaving their land. These windmills are mostly on BLM ground now but are still used by ranchers for their range cattle.
You can read more about Miller & Lux here and here. Jesse Wilkinson was a cowboy that worked for Miller & Lux. The site has really neat old photos.