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Gail Borden Public Library

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Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Gail Borden Public Library
Phone:
+1 847-742-2411

Hours:
Sunday12pm - 5pm
Monday9am - 9pm
Tuesday9am - 9pm
Wednesday9am - 9pm
Thursday9am - 9pm
Friday9am - 6pm
Saturday9am - 6pm


Gail Borden, Jr. was a native New Yorker who settled in Texas in 1829, where he worked as a land surveyor, newspaper publisher, and inventor. He is best known for inventing sweetened condensed milk in 1853. Borden co-plotted the cities of Houston and Galveston in 1836. After returning to the New York area to market another product, he set up factories for condensed milk in Connecticut, and later in New York and Illinois. Demand was high for his product by the Union Army during the American Civil War. His New York Condensed Milk Company changed its name to Borden Dairy Co. after his death.
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