If you visit Las Vegas, New Mexico—and you should, considering all the Old West history that’s still alive there—head to the park blooming in the town’s historic plaza that dates to 1835. A gazebo in the center of that plaza stands out among the trees. That’s where the windmill once stood. That’s where at least five men met their maker. In 1876, the townspeople dug a well and put a windmill over it, hoping to pump out water. But the well went dry within a few months. The windmill
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