The windmill in Fulton, IL, named de Immigrant, turns 25 this year. On Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Fulton will celebrate this milestone anniversary with games, bake-off, tours, and a rededication of the authentic Dutch windmill.
Because Fulton was largely a Dutch community, the Mayor and City Council in 1998 proposed building an authentic Dutch windmill on the Mississippi river.
In May 2000, de Immigrant windmill opened. Built in the Netherlands it is a replica of an existing 1855 windmill in Groningen, Netherlands. Craftsmen from The Netherlands worked on the Fulton installation.
Come and visit a working windmill. With luck and some wind, we will be grinding, and you can experience an 1850s mill in action.