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Baker, Thomas Lindsay Son of Garnell A. and Mary Lois (Miller) Baker.
( Before the development of the first self-governing wind...)
Before the development of the first self-governing windmill, settlement of the upland areas of the American West was almost impossible. Windmills were needed to pump underground water to the surface. As soon as their design and manufacture had been perfected, the mills became the most prominent feature of the American landscape, not only in the western two-thirds of the nation but also in the East and particularly in the Middle East. Besides supplying the needs of farmers and ranchers, windmills performed such tasks as pumping water to the roofs of New York tenements, cleaning our mine shafts and ships’ bilges, and providing water for the boilers of locomotives. This guide to America’s windmills is both a complete general history of turbine-wheel mills and an identification guide to the 112 most common models, which still dot the landscape today. With this guide a traveler or enthusiast crossing the plains and prairies of North American can identify virtually every farm-style windmill that he or she can see with a good pair of binoculars. The guide also serves as a handbook for the restoration of antique mills. In his lively narrative T. Lindsay Baker clearly explains the technical evolution of the mills and shares a wealth of windmill folklore. Among the 376 illustrations are unpublished historical photographs, long-lost engravings, field photographs by the author, and detailed India-ink drawings of the 112 most popular designs. Appendices identify all the known windmill manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico and all the known windmill models from the 1850s to the present day. The comprehensive bibliography is the first published list of source materials on the history of wind-power utilization.
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( There is something romantic yet harshly concrete about ...)
There is something romantic yet harshly concrete about an abandoned town. Dreams, conflicts, and losses still haunt what remains, so it’s no wonder we call these locales ghost towns.” A companion volume to his Ghost Towns of Texas, T. Lindsay Baker’s More Ghost Towns of Texas provides readers with histories, maps, and detailed directions to the most interesting ghost towns in Texas not already covered in the first volume. The ninety-four towns described in this book range from American Indian sites abandoned prior to the arrival of Europeans to towns abandoned within the past decade. Baker’s own recent photographs of the towns are complemented by historic photographs of more prosperous times. Many of these locations have never before appeared in any ghost town guide. Based on hundreds of miles of travel and fieldwork in abandoned towns all across Texas, More Ghost Towns of Texas lists sites throughout the state so that people from anywhere in the state can reach a ghost town in a day’s trip.
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(In 1864, George D. Prentice, editor of the pro-Union Loui...)
In 1864, George D. Prentice, editor of the pro-Union Louisville Daily Journal, created the persona of Sue Mundy, a Civil War guerrilla who was in actuality a young man named Marcellus Jerome Clarke. This volume offers an in-depth, historically accurate account of Clarke's exploits in Kentucky during the Civil War. The work begins with a summary of Kentucky's prewar position: primarily pro-Union yet decidedly anti-Lincoln. The author then discusses the ways in which this paradox gave rise to the guerrilla threat that terrorized Kentuckians during the final years of the war. Special emphasis is placed on previously unknown facts, names and deeds with dialogue taken directly from testimony in court-martial proceedings. While the main focus of the work is Clarke himself, other perpetrators of guerrilla warfare including William Clarke Quantrill, Sam Berry and Henry Magruder are also covered, as are guerrilla hunters Edwin Terrell and James Bridgewater. The last months of Quantrill's life in Kentucky and his final battle are discussed in detail. Previously unpublished photographs accompany this fascinating Civil War history.
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Baker, Thomas Lindsay Son of Garnell A. and Mary Lois (Miller) Baker.
Bachelor, Texas Technology University, Lubbock, 1969. Master of Arts, Texas Technology University, Lubbock, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Technology University, Lubbock, 1977.
Program manager history of engineering program Texas Technology University, Lubbock, 1970—1975, 1977—1979. Fulbright lecturer Technology University of Wroclaw, Poland, 1975—1977. Curator agriculture and technical Panhandle-Plains History Museum, Canyon, Texas, 1978—1987.
Curator history Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1987—1989. Assistant professor museum studies Baylor University, Waco, 1989—1997. Director Texas Heritage Museum Hill College, Hillsboro, 1997—2002.
W.K. Gordon endowed chair Tarleton State University, Stephenville, since 2002. Consultant Texas Educational Development Laboratory, Austin, Texas, 1974—1975, Institute Texan Cultures, San Antonio, 1978—1979, Kansas State History Society, Topeka, 1986—1987. Council member International Molinological Society, Netherlands, 1993—2000, Texas Institute Letters, since 2009.
( Before the development of the first self-governing wind...)
( There is something romantic yet harshly concrete about ...)
(In 1864, George D. Prentice, editor of the pro-Union Loui...)
President Rotary Club of Hillsboro, Texas, 2001—2002. Fellow: Texas State History Association. Member: Western History Association, Texas Association Museum, Rotary Club (Stephenville, Texas).
Married Julie Ann Philips, July 6, 1990. Stepchildren: Adam K. Shaw, Jason C. Shaw.