Cowboys and settlers fought here in early days for the right to claim lands placed in the public domain in 1902 by Texas courts. To keep land they were using, ranchers sent their men wearing blue ribbon armbands to file claims at the office of the . . . — — Map (db m294556) HM
Built of hand-hewn native stone from Gail Mountain, this jail was planned for maximum security. Diebold Safe and Lock Company was awarded the $4,500 contract in 1896. Behind the two-foot-thick outside walls, the cell walls and floor are of 1/3 inch . . . — — Map (db m307902) HM
Built of hand-hewn native stone from Gail Mountain, this jail planned for maximum security. Is one of the oldest jails in use in West Texas. Diebold Safe and Lock Co. was awarded the $4,500 contract in 1896.
Behind two-foot thick outside . . . — — Map (db m307914) HM
David Dorward arrived in Borden County in 1892. He was born December 15, 1872, in Burleson County, TX, to David and Anna Atkinson Dorward. In 1893 David began working as a wagon cook for the Square and Compass Ranch; a year later he began work for . . . — — Map (db m294555) HM
In 1876 the Texas State Legislature named
one of the newly formed counties in the
northwest part of the state in honor of
Gail Borden. Born in Norwich, New York,
Borden lived in Kentucky, Indiana and
Mississippi. While living in Texas, Borden . . . — — Map (db m291625) HM
Borden County, created in 1876, was organized in 1891, the same year the town of Gail was established as county seat. The next year, J.I. and L.E. Wilborn gave land for the courthouse sqaure and three churches, and dedicated Block 18 of the townsite . . . — — Map (db m290389) HM
Shown on maps as Mucha Que, Mucha Kowa, Muchakooga, de Cordova, or Signal Hill, this peak rises to an elevation of 2862 feet. Its name is of Native American origin. About 1872, it was the site of a village where Apaches and Comanches traded with . . . — — Map (db m127256) HM
