What this stone does not tell is that young Albert Witt had just come to Crosby County and was to start his first job of helping make fence for a ranch. He was to meet his boss at a certain windmill in the pasture. Not being familiar with the mills, he went to the wrong mill and climbed upon it to see if his man was in sight. The wheel turned, the wind caught and veered it around and Albert was knocked to the ground, paralyzed but conscious. It was in February; the water from the pipe would blow on him at times, freezing as it fell. He stayed there all that bitter night. The next day he was found by his father and brother-in-law who were riding around looking for him. He lived until July 15.
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