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ILLINOIS WINDMILLS
Dedicated to the history, preservation, and continuing story of windmills in Illinois.
DuSable Windmill
Peoria, IL
Status
Destroyed
Constructed
(1691 - ?)
Owner
Jean Baptiste Point DuSable (1773 - 1779?)
History of the Mill
Only known history is that a European-style windmill was constructed near present-day Peoria in 1691. In 1773, this windmill was sold to Jean Baptiste Point du Sable—the man who later founded Chicago. Being the earliest on record, the author considers this to be the first windmill ever constructed in Illinois.
Source
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Eckberg, Carl J. French Roots in the Illinois Country. University of Illinois Press, 2000.
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