Borden County, Texas
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Borden County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in West Texas and its county seat is Gail.
Borden County Courthouse in Gail
Mushaway Peak viewed from Willow Valley Road
Abandoned schoolhouse in the ghost town of Mesquite
Frontal view of Borden County Courthouse
Gail Borden
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Gail Borden Jr. was an American inventor and manufacturing pioneer. He was born in New York state and settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and food compan
Borden County, Texas
…or entirely dry counties in the state of Texas. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1891. Gail and Borden County are named for Gail Borden Jr., businessman, publisher, surveyor, and pioneer of condensed milk. Shoshone and the Penateka band of Comanches were early tribes in the area…
Gail Borden
The October 10, 1835, first edition of the Telegraph and Texas Register newspaper published through the partnership of Gail Borden Jr., his brother John, and Joseph Baker in San Felipe, Texas
Advertisement for Gail Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk from an 1898 guidebook for travelers in the Klondike Gold Rush
The Gail Borden monument in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City