With the success of the Elgin National Watch Company and the Gail Borden Condensing Company, Elgin became a prosperous manufacturing town by the late 1860s.
The library was named in honor of Gail Borden ( 9 November 1801 - 11 January 1874 ), who in 1856 invented condensed milk.
Gail Borden's condensed milk business had started operation in the Burrville section of Torrington in the 1860s.
In 1861 Gail Borden opened a factory for producing a milk that would not need refrigeration.
The Elgin National Watch Company and Gail Borden Condensed Milk factories dramatically increased the local population by providing jobs.
Lizzie Borden | Gail Porter | Gail Kim | Gail Emms | Gail Simone | Gail Jefferson | Gail Borden | Borden | Robert Borden | Gail Simmons | Gail Sheehy | Gail Potocki | Gail Neall | Gail Godwin | Gail Dines | Gail Berman | William Cline Borden | Max Gail | Gail Z. Martin | Gail Zappa | Gail Farrell | Gail Carson Levine | GAIL | Borden Parker Bowne | Borden Institute | Borden Chase | William Whiting Borden | Gail O'Grady | Gail Mutrux | Gail Devers |