Mr. J.B. Buchanan (center), Mayor Burl Buchanan (R), and grandson Roger Buchanan (L) standing in front of the newly raised late 1800 Eclipse

A team of Belgian horses bring in the windmill

J.B's son Burl, the mayor of Spearman, proclaimed January 21, 1999, as "Windmill Day in Hansford County".  The day was set aside to honor J.B. and his gift to the county and to raise the first windmill, a late 1800 Eclipse.  The ceremony began with the reading of the Windmill Proclamation.  Members of the Texas Inter-Tribal Indian Organization told of the legend of the Origin of the Wind Spirit and asked for the blessings of the Four Winds.  Then  J.B., shovel in hand, marked the spot where the century-old mill was to be raised by a team of four Belgian draft horses.  The emotion in the quivering voices of three generations spread to the crowd of nearly 400, including Hansford County's school children, as they watched in reverence and awe.

US Congressman Larry Combest presents J.B. with the US flag that flew over the Capitol in Washington D.C. on Windmill Day in Hansford County

State Senator Teel Bivins presents Roger Buchanan with the US Flag that flew over the Texas State Capitol on  Windmill Day in Hansford County