Editor's note: This story originally ran Feb. 21, 1986. A shudder ran through Elsie, the Borden cow, when the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade spilled off Texas Avenue and onto Main Street on ...

The very first Elsie the Cow was selected during the 1939 World's Fair in New York at Borden Dairy's pavilion there, "The Dairy World of Tomorrow." The company moved its headquarters to Columbus in ...

The actor known for playing Fox Mulder on the TV series “The X-Files” and Hank Moody on the show “Californication” shows his comic side with “Holy Cow,” a tale of Elsie the cow. Elsie enjoys life on ...

Elsie the Cow is shown here with comedian Ed Wynn and farm sisters Edith and Anne Perrine, who were selected to accompany Elsie on a national tour. (Star-Ledger file photo) Elsie the Cow, the Borden ...

Once upon a time, milk-promoting cow characters were selected by nameless suits on the corporate level. Exactly 70 years ago, Borden created its iconic Elsie the Cow mascot, and purchased a live Elsie ...

Dear R.C.: Like you, I’m sure that most of my readers recognize Elsie, America’s most famous female bovine. According to some sources, she was the “unofficial” mascot of the former Borden Dairy Co.

When Borden finished enlarging its milk and ice cream plant on East Ashby Street in 1953, it took out a full-page ad in the San Antonio Express on Oct. 1, inviting everyone (“bring the whole family”) ...

Historically speaking, did you know: New Jersey has a wide range of ecosystems and natural environments due to its physical environments spanning from the coast to the mountains. However, ecosystems ...