Both the town and county are named for Gail Borden, Texas patriot, surveyor, editor, trustee of the Texas Baptist Education Society that founded Baylor University, inventor of condensed milk, and founder of Borden Foods.
Gail was first established as ranch supply point in 1891, and elected the county seat and only town in Borden County. Gail remains a cow town without a bank, theater, railroad, hotel, doctor, or lawyer. The courthouse is the one large building on main street.
F.M. 669 north toward Post ascends the Texas High Plains, which are southernmost extension of Great Plains of the United States. In immensity beyond comprehension, Great Plains sweep north more than 1,600 miles, thrusting deep into Canada, through heartland of America that produces nation'
Gail, TX Scenic DrivesCourse Access: PublicHoles: 18Reserve Advance Tee Times: 1 days...
Mementos of early settlers of Texas Panhandle; original book recording births in McLean from 1901 to 1920. Several rooms furn...
Established in honor of Hershell Bell, agronomy and range management authority; contains more than 350 specimens with 15 diff...
What better place for a monument to mules than this uniquely named town? Mules pulled the covered wagons west, plowed the fir...
According to apparently authentic records and witnesses, a Texas horned toad (a type of lizard) was sealed in cornerstone of ...