Elsie the Cow’s Grave

Who is the first “spokes-animal” you remember?

If you are over twenty-five chances are it is Elsie the Cow, the spokes-cow for Borden Dairies.

Around before the Energizer Bunny, the Quick Bunny and even Morris the cat, Elsie was THE symbol of milk for many a generation.

You can visit the original Elsie the Cow’s grave (originally Elsie was named Lobelia) in Plainsboro, NJ.  A few miles NE of Princeton.  From Rt.  1 go east on Scudder’s Mill Road, then right at the Plainsboro Rd.  connector onto Plainsboro Rd.  After going over a small bridge, take the first right into the Walker-Gordon housing development and park in the first lot on the right.

The headstone is to the right next to the little gazebo, right down by the pond.

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