Midway between Lamesa and Snyder, the tiny town of Gail (pop. 189)—which the official Texas State Travel Guide describes as a “cow town without bank, theater, railroad, hotel, doctor, or lawyer”—was the site of violent feuds during the land rush of 1902, the history of which is recounted in the tiny Borden County Museum (Thurs.–Sun. noon–4 pm; $1). The town and the county are named in memory of pioneer surveyor and newspaper editor Gail Borden, who is perhaps best known as the inventor of condensed milk and founder of Borden Foods.
At the town of Anson, US-180 crosses US-83, The Road to Nowhere.
