The Halliday Windmill Company, founded in the mid-1850s by John Burnham and Daniel Halliday, played a significant role in the development of windmills in the United States. The company's design, which included a lightweight and nimble windmill that could swivel to face the wind, became a standard for the industry. Today, the American Windmill Museum in Lubbock, Texas, houses over 110 windmills, including some from the Halliday Windmill Company, and showcases the importance of windmills in American history. [... more]