Founded by Thomas O. Perry and La Verne Noyes, the Aermotor Windmill was introduced in the United States in 1888. It was instrumental in the development of Texas because inhabitable land was no longer limited to regions with a natural water supply, and it made the most remote areas habitable. It was the prime water supplier in rural Texas until 1930, when electric and gasoline pumps began to be widely used. During the early 1900s, Texas became the largest user of windmills in the United States. This Aermotor Windmill was previously located on the Cannon farm from around 1915 until the mid-1970s, when the City of Hurst relocated it to its present location in a neighborhood city park. It is one of Texas' most treasured relics from the early 1900s and stands with a view southeast of the Fort Worth skyline.