hˈɛnɹi fɹˈɛdɚɹˌɪk fˈɪʃɚ bɪɡˈæn wˈɪndmɪl kənstɹˈʌkʃən ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv ˈæftɚɹ ɐkwˈaɪɚɹɪŋ ðə fˈɑːɹmlənd fɹʌm hɪz fˈɑːðɚ, fɹˈɛdɚɹˌɪk ˈɛl. fˈɪʃɚ æz ɐn ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ sˈaɪd nˈoʊt, hˈɛnɹiz bɹˈʌðɚzɪnlˈɔː, wˈɪljəm ˈæʃ ænd fɹˈɛdɚɹˌɪk ɡɹˈɔː, bˈɔːt ɐn ˈoʊld wˈɔːɾɚpˈaʊɚd sˈɔːmɪl sˈaɪt jˈɪɹz bᵻfˈoːɹ.
Henry Frederick Fischer began windmill construction in 1865 after acquiring the farmland from his father, Frederick L. Fischer (as an interesting side note, Henry’s brothers-in-law, William Asche and Frederick Graue, bought an old water-powered sawmill site years before.