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2011 Kansas USA Windmill StampFebruary 19, 2011 The 2011 Kansas windmill stamp commemorates statehood with one of the most recognizable symbols of the prairie--the American farm windmill. Modern wind turbines are in the background. The farm windmill, also knows as the "American" windmill or "Chicago mill", made settlement on the semi-arid Great Plains possible. Historian Walter Prescott Webb described the prairies as the land where the cows chop the wood and the wind pumps the water. For what this means, see my book Wind Energy Comes of Age. Kansas also has seen a substantial increase in the number of commercial wind farms since the turn of the 21st century.  -End- |