If you’ve spent any time in North Dakota, you won’t be surprised to know it is nationally recognized as having the greatest potential to produce energy through wind power. I can’t help but be ecstatic that there are options that don’t include coal or black crude. While some may not care for the sight of these tall white windmills, they bring happy memories of childhood days spent playing with bright whirligig’s. Perhaps that’s why the sight of them encourages hope that we can find new ways to fuel our lives, that are less harmful to this planet.
Find out more about North Dakota wind energy and read about wind energy pioneers, The Benedictine Sisters, by clicking here.
About the quilt block
The Windmill quilt block was published in the Kansas City Star on August 7, 1935, printing quilt patterns from 1928 through 1960. The Kansas City Star was established by William Rockwell Nelson in 1880. His business intention was to be “absolutely independent in politics, aiming to deal by all men and all parties with impartiality and fearlessness.” Future president Harry S. Truman worked in the mailroom for a few weeks in 1901 and Ernest Hemingway was a reporter in 1917 & 1918.
