Did you know Elgin once set the national price for butter through the Elgin Board of Trade? Or that Gail Borden Public Library is named for the inventor of condensed milk? At the Dairies to Prairies Display at the Main Library, presented in partnership with the Elgin History Museum, visitors can discover how dairies shaped Elgin’s past and how those same lands are now part of ongoing efforts to restore native prairies to the region.
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