|
Business Name |
Product & Notes |
Owners/Managers |
Location |
Time of Operation
|
|
Abbotsford Creamery/Olson
Cheese |
|
Purchased by
Harry
Olson in 1919, previous owner unkown |
N. First St., Abbotsford |
1919-1946
1930 |
|
Acme Creamery Co. |
|
Orlo Robinson |
Weston, Rt. 3, Neillsville |
1909 |
|
Albert Dairy Co. |
Creamery |
Albert Albert,
Ferdinand Albert |
Thorp |
1895-1909,
1900 |
|
American Store Dairy |
Employees |
Morris Blodgett |
8th
& Hewett in Neillsville, WI |
1940 |
|
Andrus Creamery |
|
H. B. J. Andrus |
Neillsville |
1900 |
|
Armstrong Creamery |
|
Allen S. Armstrong |
Greenwood |
1885 |
|
Atwood/aka
South Green
Grove Co-operative |
|
Arnold Krueger was a cheesemaker
there from 1942 to 1943
Leo E. Kraut, Joseph Schuh |
(Sec. 27) Rt. 1 Owen, 1/2 mile W. of
Atwood on Co. N |
1916 |
|
Austin Creamery and Cheese Factory |
First Clark Co., WI Dairy
Factory. First Cream
Separator. |
George A. Austin |
along the Ridge, one mile east of Neillsville |
1870, 1898 |
|
Bachman's East Worden Cheese Factory |
|
Rudolph Bachman, sold to the
Blue Moon. |
6 miles south of Thorp |
|
|
Banner |
|
H. E. Wordell |
Granton |
1916 |
|
Banner |
|
Charles A. Bulgrin, Emil
Freidenfels |
Rt. 2, Owen |
1930 |
|
Banner
Comb. |
American |
Harry Eide |
1. Granton, Rt. 2, Sec. 34,
Fremont |
1909,
1910 |
|
Barchardt Cheese Factory |
|
A. F. Barchardt |
Spencer |
1900 |
|
Bartell |
American |
Fred Bartell |
Rt. 4, Neillsville |
1909 |
|
Beatrice Cheese INC. |
|
|
Marshfield & Dorchester, WI |
1988, 1991, 1994 |
|
Beaver Cheese Factory |
|
Jessie J. Spieles |
5 mi. northeast of Loyal,
WI |
|
|
Beaver Cheese Factory |
American
|
Owner--Wm. Welsh of Loyal, John Joss-Cheesemaker,
Christ Joss, Jesse J. Spieles |
Beaver Township,
Rt. 1, Loyal
|
1900, 1909,
1916
1930 |
|
Big Four |
|
Charles Duvall |
Beaver Township |
|
|
Big Four |
|
Richard M. Schmitz, Alvin
O. Thieme |
Rt. 1, Unity |
1916,
1930 |
|
Big Four, Comb. |
American |
W. J. Camers & Pipkorn |
Rt. 1, Unity |
1909
1910 |
|
Black River Cheese Factory |
|
Buss & Buss Otto Brown |
Rt. 2, Withee |
1916,
1930, Still standing in 2011. |
|
Blodgett Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1,
#2 |
|
|
1917 |
|
Blue Moon Cheese
Factory |
Recipes (lg. download)
Note:
#1;
#2;
#3;
#4, #5,
#6
|
Founder-Jason F. Whitney |
|
|
|
Blumenstein & Bornheimer |
|
J. F. Tessmer |
Colby Twp. |
|
|
Boardman |
#1 |
Boardman
Bros. |
Rt. 2, Stanley / Eidsvold |
|
|
Braun Settlement Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1,
#2 (Photos) |
Theodore Braun, A. Liebzeit |
Greenwood, Sec. 6, Warner
Twp. |
1930 |
|
Breezy Hill
/ White Way |
|
Ed leangemak, 1. O. W. Freimund, 2. Leonard Soeller,
Alex Soeller
3.
Ervin A. Schilling |
Sec. 13, Rt. 3, Thorp-4
mi. S., 1 mi W |
1910,
1916,
1930 |
|
Breseman Cheese Factory/York
Dairy |
Packaged Rindless Cheddar |
1. A. P. Breseman; 2. John
Mullins |
Pelsdorf Rd. |
|
|
Bright Creamery |
|
H. A. Bright |
(Sec. 8) Bright, Green Grove |
1909 |
|
Bright's Creamery |
|
Bright's Estate, John Von
Allman |
Rt. 1 Owen |
|
|
Brighton Cheese Factory |
|
|
Unity |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Bruckeville |
Note:
#1 |
Cheesemaker: John Verhulst |
5 miles E. of Dorchester,
in Marathon Co., Wis. |
1900 |
|
Burtard Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1 |
|
Curtiss |
1918-1919 |
|
Buss Cheese Factory
(Clark Co-op?) |
Note:
#1 |
Bill, Rienhold & Theodore Buss |
Clark, Hixon Twp., opposite
Black River |
1924-1934, still standing
in 2011. |
|
Butterville / Butlerville?
Cheese |
|
Alfred Noah |
Greenwood |
|
|
Butterville / Butlerville? Cheese |
|
Pirl Burrington |
Butler Twp., Sec. 15, Rt.
3, Thorp |
closed in late 1930s. |
|
Bymer Dairy |
|
|
|
|
|
Cannonville |
|
Christian Feutz, Wernie Jenni |
Rt. 4, Granton |
1916,
1930 |
|
Carnation Milk Condensary |
|
|
Owen |
|
|
Casper Cheese |
|
Val Casper |
Sullivan |
1900 |
|
Catlin Corners Cheese Factory
& Skimming Station |
Cheddar & Colby,
Note:
#1 |
Jenks Dairy Co., Gordon A.
Randt, operator, R. B. Giese |
Hwy. 98, east of Loyal, WI |
1916,
1930 |
| Central Clark |
|
R.W. Moldenhauer |
Marathon, Rt. 1 |
1930 |
|
Chili |
|
C. A. Voigt |
Chili |
1916 |
|
Christie Creamery Co. |
|
W. K. Armitage, Prest. |
Christie |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Clark County Butter Co./Globe
Cry. |
|
1. Clark Co. Butter Co.,
Mike Frock, Mgr. 2.
P. W. Hales |
Globe, Rt. 3, Neillsville |
1900, 1909 |
|
Clark County Central Cheese
Factory |
Note:
#1 |
Adolph Voight; Arnold
Beyer, Arnold Hoppa;
David Hoppa |
Weston Twp., N5903 Co. Hwy
G, N.W., Rt. 5, Neillsville |
1916,
1930 |
|
Chili Cheese Factory |
American |
O. F. Sampe |
Chili |
|
|
Chili Milk Pool Co-op |
Cheddar |
Howard G. Geldernick, mgr. |
|
1967,
1973 |
|
Chili Riverside Co-operative
Cheese |
|
|
Chili |
|
|
Clark Cavita Butter Co. |
|
W. C. Thorns, Prest. |
Neillsville |
1900 |
|
Clark County Butter Company |
|
Mike Prock |
West Weston, Rt. 3, Neillsville |
bef. 1898 |
|
Clark County Central |
|
H. W. Decker |
Sec. 29, Warner Twp. |
|
|
Clark County Central |
Brick |
Clark Co. Central |
Greenwood, Rt. 2 |
1909 |
|
Clark County Central |
|
Arnold Beyer, Clarence Liebzeit |
Greenwood, Rt. 1 |
|
|
Clark County Cheese Factory |
|
Mike Teclaw-owner & cheesemaker |
Sec. 27 Withee Twp., 4 mi.
East 1 mi. North of Thorp. |
This building later became
a tavern. |
|
Clark County (Comb.) |
|
Clark Co. Butter Co. |
Neillsville |
|
|
Clark County Creamery Co. |
|
|
Globe |
|
|
Clark County Swimming
Station |
|
Win Dix, owner |
Neillsville |
1900 |
|
Clover Belt Creamery |
|
Thomas McAdams |
Owen |
|
|
Clover Belt |
American |
1. W. H. Sommer, 2. Fred Greve |
Rt. 3, Thorp |
1909,
1910 |
|
No. 1 |
|
Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
1910 |
|
No. 2 |
|
Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp, Rt. 1 |
1910 |
|
No. 3 |
|
Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp, Rt. 4 |
1910 |
|
No. 4 |
|
Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp, Rt. 4 |
1910 |
|
Clover Belt |
|
O. W. Freimund, Fred
Greve |
Rt. 3, Thorp |
1916,
1930 |
|
Clover Belt Cheese |
|
Math Meyer |
Spencer |
|
|
Clover Belt Creamery |
|
A. H. Koch |
Owen |
1910 |
|
Clover Dale |
American |
E. C. Meyers, William
Kage |
Rt. 1, Unity |
1909,
1910,
1930 |
|
Cloverdale Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
Walter Rindfleisch & Wife |
Colby |
1940-1960 |
|
Cloverdale Cheese Factory |
|
Mathias Holzmann |
Rt. 1, Unity |
1916 |
|
Clover Hill Co-op Cheese Factory |
|
Edward Mildebrand |
Hwy E out of Curtiss, Rt.
1 Near
A & E, a mile north of A on E. |
1919-1930, 1935+, 1967 |
|
Clover Leaf Factory |
|
Frank Pritzel |
Sec. 9, Worden Township |
1900 |
|
Clover Leaf Factory |
Cheddar, American |
Math Meyer, Walter Murphy |
Rt. 2, Stanley |
1909,
1916 |
|
Clover Leaf Factory |
|
Norman Western |
3 mi. W. & 2 mi. S. of Greenwood
at NE corner of Chickadee Rd. & junction of Co. O. and Co. G. purchased
by Jake & Ruth Barr and became Barr's Tavern. Chickadee is E.
of the junction. |
1956 |
|
Cloverleaf Dairy |
|
Harry Schlinsog |
Sec. 19), 3 mi. W &
2 mi. S. of Greenwood at the NE corner of Chickadee & Cty. Hwy. O |
1943 |
|
Cloverleaf Cheese |
Colby |
Martin Family |
|
1980's |
|
Cloverview Cheese Factory |
|
|
Unknown |
#1 |
|
Colby Central |
|
Colby, R 2 |
Mandel & Kateman |
1916 |
|
Colby Cheese House |
Colby Cheese |
Diane Feiten |
Sec. 26, Colby, WI |
1988, 1991 |
|
Colby Coop. Cheese
Factory |
|
|
Rt. 2, Colby |
1930 |
|
Colby Creamery Co. |
|
|
Collby |
bef. 1898 |
|
Columbia |
|
Gottfried Sollberger |
Columbia |
1916 |
|
Coats Cheese & Creamery |
|
E. Coats |
Sec. 16, York |
|
|
Conger |
Note #1 |
1. Edwin Conger, 2. Walter
Emmerson |
Withee Twp. |
|
|
Cooper Cheese Co. Inc. |
|
|
Willard, WI |
1967 |
|
County Farm Cheese & Butter
Co. |
|
1. County Farm Cheese, 2.R. A. Zickert, Wenzel
Sipple
|
Rt. 4, Neillsville & Grant
Twp. |
1909,
1916 |
|
Christie |
|
J. A. Hauser
|
Rt. 3, Neillsville |
1916 |
|
Christie Creamery Co. |
|
Ross Paulson, Mgr. |
Granton |
1900 |
|
Crystal |
|
Spencer Lbr. & Supply |
Spencer |
1916 |
|
Crystal Comb. |
American
|
Seitz Brothers
|
Rt. 1, Greenwood |
1909 |
|
Crystal Creamery |
|
Seitz Brothers,
Hutter, Leo A.
|
Sec. 8, York twp., Loyal |
Early 1900's,
1930 |
|
Curtiss (Comb.) |
|
Adolph Luethy
|
Curtiss |
1910,
1916 |
|
Curtiss Cheese Factory |
|
Curtiss Produce Co.
|
Curtiss |
1909 |
|
Curtiss Dairy Co. |
Cheddar & Colby
|
Emil A. Laabs, Harold Laabs
|
Curtiss, WI |
|
|
Dahl |
|
George W. Dahl
|
Loyal |
|
|
Dairy
Belt Cheese Of Spencer |
|
Frank Broeren, manager |
Branch location in Thorp
Produce Co. |
Opened 1921 |
|
Daisy Cheese Factory |
|
Edward Meyer,
George Schils,
|
York, 6 1/2 miles NE of Neillsville
(Rt. 4) |
?- 1928,
#1 |
|
Daisy Dairy |
|
John Joss
|
Loyal |
|
|
Danhertz Creamery |
|
Jerry Danhertz |
Thorp |
1900 |
|
Darla Cheese |
|
S. R. Darla |
Granton |
1900 |
|
Daugherty Cheese |
|
Jerry Daugherty |
Thorp |
1900 |
|
Davis Cheese |
|
S. R. Davis |
Granton |
|
|
Davis Creamery |
|
Solon Davis |
Wilcox |
bef. 1898 |
|
Day |
|
Joseph Babler
|
Zachow |
#1, 1897,
1916 |
|
Day, Comb. Factory |
American
|
Day Creamry Co.
Adolph F.
Voight
|
Rt. 2, Neillsville |
1909,
1910,
1930 |
|
Day Cream & Cheese Co. |
|
1. Day Creamery Co., 2. James Wallace Short
|
Sec. 2, Levis |
|
|
Decker Cheese Factory |
|
Otto Decker |
Hemlock |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Delamater & Palms |
|
|
Greenwood |
bef. 1898, 1900 |
|
Dells Dam |
American
|
Dells Dam C. & B. Co.
|
Rt.2, Neillsville |
1909 |
|
Dells Dam Butter & Cheese Factory |
|
Victor Horton |
Sec. 17, Levis Twp. |
|
|
Dethlefsen |
2-3 varieties |
Christian Dethlefsen |
4 mi. so. Curtis, WI |
#1, mid 1930s, burned ca. 1938 |
|
Dill Creek Cheese Factory |
Cheddar, Colby |
Peter Lerch, Byron; John Tesmer,
Laurence Hoernke, |
Colby, Rt. 1, corner of Oak
Rd. & Badger Ave. |
1909-1930s,
1916
1930 |
|
Distelhorst & Co. |
|
Dorchester |
|
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Dodge Creamery Co. |
|
Dodge Creamery Co. |
|
|
|
Dodgeville Factory |
American |
Waterstreet & Smith; W. F.
Naulin, Robt. C. Jones,
Hutter, Leo A. |
Rt. 1, Loyal |
1909,
1916,
1930 |
|
Dorchester Cheese Co. Inc. |
Colby |
1. O. G. Peterson; 2. Fred
& Jerome Reynolds & Cliff Wetterau 3. H. G. Parge |
Dorchester, Mayville Twp. |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Dorchester Cheese Co. |
American |
E. J. Mechelke |
Rt. 1, Dorchester |
1909,
1916 |
|
Dorchester Creamery |
|
Dorchester Cry. Co. |
Dorchester |
1909 |
|
Dore & Austin's Cheese Factory |
|
|
Grant Township |
1881 |
|
Durst, Walter |
|
|
|
|
|
Dux Skimming Station |
|
Clark Co. Butter Co. |
Rt. 2, Neillsville |
1909 |
|
East Worden Dairy |
|
Elmer Broeren |
Thorp |
1930 |
|
Eaton Center |
Note:
#1 |
Eaton Center Cheese Co.,
Herman Kalkofen,
Francis Scherer
& Herbert Quimbly |
Sec. 26, Rt 1, Greenwood |
1911-1935,
1916,
1930 |
|
Eaton Royal |
|
Ernest Schweizer |
Rt. 2, Loyal |
1930 |
|
Eau Clarie Creamery Co. |
|
Eau Claire, WI |
Greenwood |
|
|
Edgewood |
|
David E. Norleen |
Rt. 1, Abbotsford |
1916 |
|
Ehlers Cheese Factory |
|
August Ehler |
Reseburg (SE of Thorp) |
Destroyed by fire Sept.,
1948 |
|
Ehlert, Emil |
|
Sunshine Valley Cheese Factory |
Reseburg |
after 1930 |
|
Eidsvold Cheese Factory |
|
Ervin Boardman, Boardman
Bros., Walter Braatz,
Charles Flunker, George Thill, William Thill |
Rt. 2 Stanley |
1910,
1916 |
|
Elmdale/Rasmussen/Greenwood
Valley Cheese factory |
Cheddar |
Built by Humke & sold to Walter
Rasmussen |
Sec. 19, 5 1/4 mi. NW of Greenwood |
Owned by
Adolph & son Walter Rasmussen,
Oct 1928, 1930 |
|
Emmerson |
Note #1 |
purchased by Walter
Emmerson from Ed Conger, 1948 |
Withee Twp. |
|
|
Enterprise Creamery |
American |
1. G. A. Hirsch, 2. A.
Charles F. Witt / Vitt;
3. O. W.
Becker, Louis Rach |
Rt. 2, Lynn & Granton |
1900, 1909,
1910,
1916,
1930 |
|
Enterprise Creamery |
|
|
Rt. 1, Neillsville |
1930 |
|
Farmer's Cheese Co. |
|
|
Dorchester |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Farmer's Cloverleaf Co-op Cheese
& Butter Co |
Barrel Cheese & Swiss |
1. Norman Western; 2. Walter
Murphy |
1/2 mile south and 3 mi. east
of Willard |
1930 - mid 1940s- |
|
Farmer's Progressive Creamery
Co. |
|
John Weutrich |
Eaton |
1909,
1910 |
|
Favorite |
Note
#1 |
Hans Nielsen Estate,
Casper VanHolzen |
Rt. 2, Withee |
1916,
1930 |
|
Feutz Cannonville Cheese Factory |
|
|
|
|
|
Fischer / Fisher Cheese Factory |
Note
#1,
American
|
George Fischer, Jr. |
Sec. 36 Beaver Twp. (From Loyal--2
mi. N on K, 2 1/2 miles E on Rock Creek, 1/4 mi. N on Oak Grove); Rt.
2, Spencer |
1916, ca 1956 |
|
Flaig Cheese |
|
Andrew Flaig |
Colby |
bef. 1898 |
|
Flick Cheese Factory |
|
|
|
|
|
Flunker Cheese Factory |
Note
#1 |
Charles Flunker |
Eidsvold |
|
|
Foelsh Cheese Factory |
Note #1 |
1.
Geroge Foelsh, 2.
Standard Brands, 3. Pauly & Pauly of Greenbay-subsidiary of Swift &
Co. |
Sec. 24, Beaver Township,
6 1/2 mi. north of Loyal, Wis., 2 mi. east on Riplinger Rd. |
1930 |
|
Food Coopertive, Inc. |
Note #1 |
|
|
|
|
Foremost-Blue Moon Cheese,
Inc. |
Specialty & Natural Cheeses |
|
Thorp |
1967,
1973, 1976, 1979 |
|
Four Corners Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
1. Reuben Knorr; 2. Hilarion
Riedel, Nels Fredrickson |
Rt. 2, Curtiss |
1930 |
|
Frane Cheese |
|
Joseph Frane |
Unity |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Frederickson Cheese Factory |
|
Nels Frederickson |
|
|
|
Gadhorn Creamery |
|
|
Greenwood |
|
|
Gerlach |
American |
W. J. Gerlach |
Granton, Rt. 1 |
1909 |
|
Gerlach/Young/Kobs Cheese
Factory |
|
1. Wm. Gerlach, 2. John Young,
3. Hugo Kobs |
|
|
|
Gempeler / Mech Factory |
Note #1 |
1. Food Cooperative, 2.
Vernon Mech |
|
1948 sold to Vernon Mech |
|
Gibson Cheese |
|
R. D. Gibson, S. D. Gibson |
Wilcox |
1900 |
|
Girel Cheese |
|
Louis Girel |
Colby |
1900 |
|
Globe |
|
Globe Cheese Co., Clark
Co. Butter Co. |
Rt. 5, Greenwood |
1910,
1916 |
|
Gorman Co-operative Dairy |
|
Area Farmers, cheesemaker,
George Raven. |
Sec. 28, Gorman Rd, just south of the
intersection of Twenty-six Rd,, Willard, Hendren Township |
1917-1957,
1930 |
|
Granton Cream and Cheese Factory |
|
C. A. Guth/Cuth |
Granton |
1909 |
|
Granton, Comb. |
|
Oscar A. Petersen |
Granton |
1910,
1916 |
|
Granton Creamery Co. |
|
Ross Paulson, Mgr. |
Granton |
1900 |
|
Grasshorn-Falk
Creamery |
|
|
Greenwood, Eaton Township |
|
|
Grassland Dairy Products, Inc. |
Wi. Cheese & Dairy Products;
#1 |
|
Greenwood |
1967, 1973,
1991, 1994, 2003 |
|
Green Grove |
American |
Gustav C. Sampe,
Christ Dethlefsen
|
Sec. 34, Colby, R. D. 2 |
1909,
1916,
1930 |
|
Greenwood Cheese Factory |
|
Dr. Fuchs,
Theodore W.
Mech
|
Greenwood |
1930 |
|
Greenwood (Comb.) |
|
John Wuetrich
|
Greenwood |
|
|
Greenwood Creamery |
|
Eau Claire Creamery, Co.
|
Greenwood |
1909,
1910,
1916 |
|
Greenwood Dairy |
|
1.
D. M. Watson 2. Theodore W. Mech
|
Greenwood |
|
|
Greenwood Milk Products Co-op |
Cheddar |
Neighboring Farmers |
|
1967,
1973, 1976, 1979, 1988 |
|
Greenwood & Zetsche |
|
|
Greenwood |
1900 |
|
Grell B. & E. Co. |
|
H. J. Grell B. & E. Co., Johnson
Creek |
Neillsville |
1909 |
|
Gruenke's Dairy |
|
|
|
|
|
Gubeli's White Birch Cheese Factory |
|
Joe Gubeli;
Bio |
|
|
|
Gust Sampe |
|
Gust Sampe |
Colby Twp. |
|
|
H. J. Grell Butter and Egg
Co. |
|
H. J. Grell |
Neillsville |
|
|
Haack
Cheese Factory |
|
1.
1912 |
|
|
|
Harris
Chesse Co. Inc. |
Colby
Cheese |
|
Unity
RFD 1 |
1973 |
|
Hediger Cheese Factory |
Spray-drying of whole milk,
first to install the Lo-temp processing for milk powder |
Herman Hediger (history) |
Christie |
|
|
Hemlock Cheese Factory |
Note
#1 |
1. built by Humke Bros., 2.Erwin C. Koepsel-Manitowoc,
Rt 2,,
3. Dearth 4. Richard Ashbeck |
Rt.4, Greenwood |
1916,
1930 |
|
Hewett |
|
Fred Theiler |
Humbird |
1916 |
|
Hewett Dairy Company |
|
|
James O'Neill Farm |
1904 |
|
Hiller's Clover Belt Cheese Factory |
|
Otto Hiller |
2 mi. so. of Thorp |
|
|
Hillside |
|
Anton Nachtwey |
Rt. 2, Dorchester |
1916,
1930 |
|
Hillside Co-Op Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
1. Theodore Schultz; 2. Leo Biel |
Sec. 21, Stanley, Rt.2 |
1910,
1916,
1930 |
|
Hirsch, L. A. |
|
|
Lynn |
Bef. 1891 |
|
Hoard's Center Farmers
Coop. Cheese Factory Assn. |
|
|
Rt. 2, Owen |
1930 |
|
Hoard Cheese Factory
(likely the same as the one above) |
#1 |
1. Marquardt, Laabs & Laabs
2. J. P. Burtard; 2. H. W. Marquardt |
Sec. 11, Hoard Twp., R. D.
1, Curtiss |
1909,
1916,
1930
-Closed in 1951 |
|
Hoffman Dairy |
Milk, Ice Cream |
Ray Gangler, Harley Hoffman |
Thorp |
1940, 1967,
1973, 1976 |
|
Holtzhausen Cheese Factory |
|
Herman Holzausen |
Reseburg |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Holt's Heintown Cheese Factory;
(previously
Magadenz Cheese) |
|
1. Magadenz 2. Alfred Holt;
3. Herbert Uttech |
Section 5, York Twp. |
|
|
Hoppa's Butter Factory |
|
|
|
1905 |
|
House, W. A. |
#1 |
|
|
|
|
Huber Cheese Factory |
|
Edward Huber |
Unity, 2 mi. from Spencer |
|
|
Huckstead Cheese Factory |
|
|
|
|
|
Humbird Cheese Factory |
American |
Humbird Cheese Co. |
Humbird |
1909,
1916,
1930 |
|
Humbird Creamery Co. |
|
1. Humbird Co-op. Cry. Co.,
2. Fred Theiler |
Humbird, WI |
1909,
1910 |
|
Huntzicker Cheese Factory |
|
|
|
1878 |
|
Hutter, Leo A. |
|
Pelsdorf, Loyal, Wis. |
|
1924 to 1932 |
|
Hyslop, W. G. |
|
|
Neillsville |
bef. 1898 |
|
Irving Creamery |
|
agent: W. F. Irving |
Longwood |
bef. 1898 |
|
J. F. Steinwand |
|
J. F. Steinwand |
Colby Twp. |
|
|
Jacob's Dairy,
Ad |
|
|
Rt. 3, Neillsville |
Mar., 1949-? |
|
Jacobi Cheese |
|
Henry Jacobi |
Abbotsford |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Jenks Dairy Co. & Skimming
Station |
|
A. H. Jenks, Loyal, Manager |
Sherman Twp., Rt. 1, Spencer |
1909 |
|
Johnson, Ludwig's Store;
Bymer Schroder Dairy;
Eide
Cheese Factory |
Note #1 |
1. Eide, 2. Bymer Schroder,
3. Johnson, 4. Heinrich. |
Fremont Township |
bef. 1923 - 1947 |
|
Junction Cheese Factory |
|
Ernst Looser, Lawrence B.
Peterson |
5 mi. northeast of Thorp,
Rt. 4, Stanley |
1930 |
|
Kasper Cheese Factory |
Cheddar & Colby |
Kasper Family |
|
|
|
Keehl Cheese |
|
Jacob Keehl |
Abbotsford |
bef. 1898 |
|
Ken & David Bletsoe |
Qaulity Cheese |
Ken & David Bletsoe |
Granton & Christie |
1973, 1976 |
|
Kenneberg Cheese Factory |
|
|
Four
miles east of Loyal, on Hwy. 98 |
|
|
Kielsmeier |
|
Kielsmeier Co., Manitowoc |
Rt. 1, Loyal |
|
|
Krugeger Cheese Factory Scorched |
|
|
Humbird |
|
|
Kubat Creamery |
|
John Kubat |
Wilcox |
bef. 1898 |
|
Kurth Corners Cheese
Factory |
|
Walter Reber |
|
|
|
Laabs Bros. Factories |
|
Note |
Owen |
1930 |
|
Laabs Cheese Factory-Abbotsford |
|
Laabs Bros. |
|
1930 |
|
Laabs Cheese
Factory-Dorchester |
|
E.A. Laabs |
Dorchester, Rt. 1 |
1930 |
|
Laabs Cheese West Beaver
Factory |
|
William F. Laabs |
Rt. 3, Greenwood |
1930 |
|
Laabs Cheese Co. Coop |
1.
note |
Later joined with the
Medford Coop and closed. |
1/2 m. east of Atwood,
corner of Co. Hwy N and North Sparrow Ave. |
1930 |
|
Laabs Cheese Factory-Curtiss |
|
H. Laabs |
Curtiss |
1900,
1930 |
|
Laabs, Herman |
|
Herman Laabs |
Green Grove |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Laabs Cheese Factory-Willard |
|
Cheesemakers: 1. Leonard Raven
2. Jacob Tjepkema |
Cty. G in Willard on the east
end of "town." |
|
|
Lakeshire Cheese |
|
Forman & Head Cheesemaker:
Walt Newman;
1 |
E. Mills St., Loyal, Wisconsin |
1930, closed in 1938 |
|
Lambord (Comb.) |
|
Lambord Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
|
|
Land O'Lakes, Inc. |
Cheese Production Facility |
2003 Jack Strenger |
423 S. Main, Greenwood, WI |
1991, 1994, 2003 |
|
LaTart |
|
1. Brown 2.
Emil Luther, Jr. |
Sec. 7, Beaver Twp |
Opened 1902 |
|
Levis |
American |
Levis C. & B. Company |
Neillsville |
1909,
1910 |
|
Levis/Brown/Trichel Cheese |
|
|
Sec. 2, Levis Twp. |
*See
Day Creamry |
|
Levis Cheese Factory |
|
William H. Rath; Charles Neubecker |
Sec. 14, Levis Twp. |
|
|
Liebzeit's Clark
Co. Central |
40# blocks of cheddar |
1. Arnold Beyer 2. R. W. Moldenhauer
3. Clarence "Scoop" Liebzeit |
3 mi. NW of Greenwood, in
Warner Twp. |
ca 1900-1981 |
|
Lombard Dairy Co. |
|
Broeren & Decker
Area Farmers. Cheesemakers:
1.
James N. Biser
2. Leander Fohl
|
5 mi. northeast of Thorp in sec. 21 of
Withee twp. Rt. 2 Thorp, Wis. |
1930 |
|
Lombard Dairy, #2, later known
as Drangle's Cheese Factory and owned by
Leon Drangle who sold out
to Floyd House of LaCrosse, Wis. |
Cheddar
Installed a new sewage
disposal system in 1957 |
Area Farmers, cheesemakers:
1. Leon Drangle
2. Frank Broeren
3. Ed Decker
last owned by Bill Wolowik
|
3 mi. E of Thorp Twp., sec.
34 Withee twp., R.R. 1 Thorp |
1916,
1930 |
|
Lone Oak Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
1. Louis H. Horn, 2. Walter
Emerson 3. Fremont Wonn, Otto C. Hiller |
Sec. 36, Rt. 1, Withee |
1916,
1930 |
|
Lone Pine Cheese Factory,
formerly Clay Walter's Corner Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
1. Joseph Schmidfranz
2. Clay Walters
3. Frank Meske
|
E. of Thorp in sec. 15 Reesburg
twp., Co. Rd. N. R. Thorp |
Opened 8 May, 1905 and closed soon after Frank Meske's
purchase. 1930 |
|
Longwood Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
R. J. Cooper of Marshfield,
managed by Lewis Gehrke |
Sec. 22, Longwood Twp. |
1967 |
|
Longwood (Comb.) |
|
H. J. Mathias |
Withee |
1916 |
|
Longwood Co-operative
Creamery |
|
|
Longwood |
bef. 1898,
1900 |
|
Longwood Dairy Co. |
American |
Ed Swenson, Mrs. W.A.
Zelm |
Longwood Twp.,
Rt. 1, Withee, |
1909,
1910,
1930 |
|
Loyal Jenks (comb.) |
|
Loyal, Arthur Jenks Dairy Co.,
Jenks Bros. |
Loyal |
1900, 1909,
1910,
1916 |
|
Loyal Separator Creamery
Ass'n. |
|
|
Loyal |
bef. 1898 |
|
Luethy, A. D. |
#1 |
|
|
|
|
Luther's Cheese |
#1 |
Bukosy? |
Beaver, E. of LaTart
School |
1920 |
|
Lynn Cheese Factory
(Dairy)
(website) |
#1,
#2 (historic
Photos) |
Family owned since 1949 (2003
Plat Book Rach |
Just outside Neillsville (Granton)
|
1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988,
2003 |
|
Lynn Dairy |
Cheddar |
1.
Harry Schlinsog
2. William & Ruth Schwantes Sr. |
|
1948-49 |
|
Magadenz Cheese Factory, (Later
Holt's) |
|
Magadenz, Albert Holt, Herbert
Uttech |
Section
5, York Twp. |
|
|
Mandel Cheese Factory |
#1
American
|
David Mandel, Mrs. (Barbara)
Mandel who ran it aft. her husband died. |
Beaver Twp.or Rt. 1 Owen |
1909 |
|
Mandel |
|
David Mandel |
Unity, Rt. 1 |
1910,
1916 |
|
Mandel |
Colby Cheese;
#1 |
Albert H. & Lena Mandel |
Sec. 35, 2 mi. north of Loyal, then
1 1/2 mi. east |
1926-1947 |
|
Mandel's Cheese Factory |
Colby & American |
Ernst Mandel |
Rt. 2, Colby |
1908-? |
|
Mandel & Kademann |
|
Mandel & Kademann |
Rt. 2, Colby |
|
|
Maple Grove Cheese Factory |
|
R. H. Sleyster |
Sec. 14, Sherman |
|
|
Maple Grove Factory |
American |
Richard B. Meyers |
Sec. 14, Rt. 1, Unity |
1909,
1910 |
|
Maple Grove Factory |
|
William A. Rusch |
Spencer |
1916 |
|
Maple Grove Factory |
|
Henry House |
Curtiss |
|
|
Maple Grove Factory |
|
William A. Wichman |
Rt. 2, Unity |
1916 |
|
Marathon-Clark Co-op |
Cheddar |
Over 200 Area Farmers,
managed by Ervin Schilling |
No. Main St., Abbotsford |
|
|
Marsh Creamery |
|
J. C. Marsh |
Loyal & Spokeville |
bef. 1898 |
|
Marten / Martin Cheese
Factory |
American |
Emil W. Marten, Edward
Huber |
Rt. 1, Spencer |
1909,
1916,
1930 |
|
Martin Cheese Factory
#1 |
Colby |
H. W. Martin |
Sec. 25, Unity Township |
1910 |
|
Mathias Cheese Factory #2 |
#1 |
H. W. Martin |
|
1910 |
|
Mandel Cheese |
|
Ernest Mandel, Albert H.
Mandel |
Colby, Rt. 2 |
1916,
1930 |
| Mandel Factory |
|
Mr. David (Barbara) Mandel |
Rt. 1, Owen |
1930 |
|
Mauel's Ice Cream |
Ice Cream |
, Henry Mauel, Jr |
Owen |
1930, 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988 |
|
Maple Grove |
|
Clement Heinzel |
Curtiss, Rt. 1 |
1916 |
|
Maple Grove |
|
W.J. Dehn |
Unity, Rt. 2 |
1930 |
|
Mayville Cheese Factory |
American |
Anton Natchwey; Erick G. Beisner,
owner; his brother Herman Beisner, Cheesemaker. |
Mayville Twp.,Dorchester, Rt. 1 |
1909, 1910,
1916 |
|
Mayville Cheese Factory |
|
Erick G. Beisner, owner |
Rt. 2, Dorchester |
1930 |
|
McPherson Cheese |
|
Wm. B. McPherson |
Spencer |
1900 |
|
Meadow Farms |
Ice Cream |
A. H. Pfalzgraf |
Spencer |
|
|
Mech Cheese Factory |
Note #1 |
1. Gempeler, 2. Vernon
Mech (1948) |
East of Eaton Center |
|
|
Meyer |
|
W. F. Meyer |
Greenwood |
bef. 1898 |
|
Meyers Cheese Factory |
|
E. C. Meyers |
Sec. 5, Unity |
|
|
Midway |
|
Domer, Theodore H.
Ray Pat's Midway Bar, later known
as Fuzzy's Bar, was formerly a cheese factory. |
3 1/2 miles so. of Colby, east side of
road. Janet Rogalski, informant |
1930 |
|
Midway Cheese |
#1 |
W. E. Petersen |
Curtiss |
1916 |
|
Milk Condensery of
American Dairy Stores |
|
Morris Blodgett, Mgr. |
Neillsville |
|
|
Miller Cheese |
|
Theo. Miller |
Braun
Settlement-Greenwood, Rt. 2 |
1916 |
|
Miller Cheese Factory/Seeman
Cheese Factory |
|
Alfred Mandel |
Co. Trunk K, North of Loyal |
|
|
Mullins
Cheese Inc. |
Variety
of Cheese |
|
Riplinger,
WI & Knowlton |
1979,
1988, 1991, 1994 |
|
Nachtwey Cheese Factory |
|
M. A. Nacthwey |
Dorchester |
1900 |
|
Neillsville (comb.) |
|
Neillsville Dairy Co., M.
L. Treichel |
Neillsville
|
bef.
1910,
1916 |
|
Neillsville Creamery Co. |
|
|
Neillsville |
|
|
Neillsville
Dairy |
Ice Cream & Dairy Bar |
1. H. H. Quicker, owner; 2.
Dan Patey, owner. |
|
|
|
Neillsville Milk Products
Co-op |
Dried Milk & Pine Valley Sweet
Cream Butter |
500 Area Farmers; B. H. Crissinger,
Mgr. |
|
|
| Nelson Coop. Cheese Co., |
|
|
Rt. 3, Greenwood |
1930 |
|
Noah |
|
Alfred Noah |
Greenwood |
1916 |
|
North Hendren Co-operative Dairy |
Bleu Cheese |
Harold Rhyner |
Spencer Rd between Fisher
and Tower Ave. (SE corner of the SW quarter of the SE quarter of Section
3). |
Since 1923 - 2003 (plat book) |
|
North Star Cheese Factory |
Sm. Packaged & Paraffined
Varieties |
1. Vern T. Mech; 2. Walter
Reber (also had the nearby Pleasant Ridge Factory) |
3 mi. west of Granton |
|
|
North Star Cheese |
|
Emil D. Prange |
R.F.D. Granton |
1916 |
|
North Star Cheese |
Brick |
North Star Cheese Co., M.
Fitzgerald, Jacob Hensler |
Greenwood, Rt. 1 |
1909,
1916,
1930 |
|
North Star Factory |
|
Michael Fitzgerald of Watertown,
WI |
Loyal Township |
|
| North Star |
|
F. G. Speich |
Pittsville |
1930 |
|
North Warner |
|
North Warner Co-operative |
Rt. 4, Greenwood, Warner Twp. |
|
|
Oak Grove Cheese |
|
Fred W. Buss |
Rt. 2, Curtiss |
1916 |
|
Oak Grove Factory |
|
Oak Grove Co-operative Cheese
Co.; Christian & Esther Klay, H. A. Marten |
5 mi. Southwest of Withee,
Rt. 1 |
1910,
1916,
1930, 1931 |
|
Oakland Cheese Factory |
2# & 5# loaves of Colby &
Cheddar
Note:
#1
|
Gordon H. Munson--Cheesemaker |
Sec. 12, 2 mi. So. of Curtiss, on Co.
E, then 1 mi. W. on the SW corner, Rt. 2, Curtiss |
Before Laurence Krueger purchased
it, it was a Farmer's Co-op. |
|
Oatman
Condensery |
Condensed Milk |
|
Neillsville |
est. 1916 |
|
Olson Cheese Factory |
|
C. N. Olson |
|
|
|
Ostenson Cheese Factory |
#1 |
Melvin Ostenson |
Curtiss |
1916 |
|
Otter Creek Cheese Factory |
|
Alfred Laabs |
2.5 mi. northeast of Stanley,
WI |
1930 |
|
Owen Cheese Factory |
#1 Ice cream & Cheese |
Melvin E. Ostenson, Henry
B. Mauel |
Intersection of Co. Trunk
D. and Fifth St., Owen |
1930 |
|
Owen Dairy Co. |
Cheddar & Italian Cheeses |
H. F. Gripentrog, Jr. |
|
|
|
Peltzdorf/ Pellzdorf Creamery
& Skimming Station |
Note:
#1 |
Seitz Bros. |
Loyal; Rt. 1 Greenwood |
1909 |
|
Pelsdorf |
|
Wm. F. Lucht |
Loyal, Rt. 2 |
1916 |
|
Pine Grove |
|
Clarence Wichmann |
Sec. 18, Rt. 1, Loyal |
|
|
Pine Grove Cheese
Factory |
Note #1 |
George Foelsch |
6 1/2 miles N. of Loyal, then
2 mi. E. on Ripplinger Rd., Beaver Township |
1950s |
|
Pine Valley Butter Co. |
|
1. Pine Valley Butter Co.,
2. Geo. E. Crothers, J.B. Daughhette-Granton |
Neillsville, WI |
1909,
1910 |
|
Pine Valley Cream Association |
|
1. H. B. Andrews, owner 2. Pine Valley Cry. Assn.,
3. O. M. Arnold |
Sec. 16, RFD, Pine Valley,
Neillsville |
1900, 1909 |
|
Pine Valley Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1 |
1. Frankk Wirth 2. Walter Zbinden,
M. L. Treichel |
Neillsville, WI |
1900,
1916, 1927 |
|
Pleasant Hill |
|
Harvey Ehman |
Rt. 4 Thorp |
1930 |
|
Pleasant Ridge Cheese
Factory |
Cheddar |
Pleasant Ridge Cry. Co.,
1930 Edward H.Dahl,1946, Otto
Meinholdt, then E. O. Franz |
Sec. 12, 9 mi. NW of Greenwood, Rt.
2; Originally built on the right corner,
next to Kippenhan's Tavern. 1951-1953, Ed built a new factory about
1/2 mi. west of the Tavern and moved the house from their farm there.
|
1910,
1930 |
|
Pleasant Ridge Cheese Factory |
|
H. A. Martin |
Grant Center |
|
|
Pleasant Ridge Creamery
Co. |
American |
1. Fred Schwantes, 2. A. A.
Huckstead 2. Robert Petznick, Ernest Herrmann |
4 mi. southeast of Neillsville,
Rt. 1 |
1898,
1900, 1909, 1910,
1916,
1930 |
|
Pleasant Ridge Dairy (East)
Reber
Cheese Factories, Ad |
Swiss, Cheddar, Italian |
1. Walter Reber; 2. Craig
Asplin |
Granton Rd. & Airport, 5 mi.
E. of Neillsville on Hwy. 10. |
1953 |
|
Pleasant View |
|
Louis Rach, William A.
Seeman |
Sec. 36, Rt. 1, Loyal |
1916 |
|
Pleasant View |
|
Fred O. Justman, George
Pflanzer |
Rt. 1, Unity |
1916,
1930 |
|
Pleasant View Creamery & Skimming
Station |
|
Charles E. Eckerle |
Sec. 12, Reseburg; Withee,
Wis. |
1909 |
|
Pleasant View Dairy |
Cheddar & Barrel Cheese |
1. Edward Miller; 2. Allen
& Marvin Miller |
North of Loyal on "K",
Rt. 2 Loyal |
1930, 1988, 1991 |
|
Poplar |
|
Charles & Henry Salzwedel,
F. W. Zastrow |
Sec. 28, Beaver Twp., Rt.
3 Greenwood |
1889,
1916 |
|
Poplar |
|
Hugo F. Behringer |
Rt. 4, Greenwood |
1916 |
|
Poplar |
|
William Geo. Funkel |
Rt. 3, Owen |
1930 |
|
Pozen |
|
Albert Albert |
Wilson St., Thorp |
1910,
1916 |
|
Raber Foods, Inc. |
Quality Dairy Products |
Urs Raber, a Swiss
immigrant in late 1900s |
2 m. N, 1 m. west of Thorp,
WI |
1988 |
|
Reseburg Cheese & Butter |
|
Ervin H. Witt / Vitt |
Thorp, Rt. 1 |
1910,
1916,
1930 |
|
Reseburg Cheese Factory |
Picture with
history |
Reseburg Cheese Co., Sec.
8 Reseburg twp, Co. Rd. N, Rt. 3, Thorp, Wis.
1. Otto Sommer
2. Irvin Witt
3. Casmer Boyarski, also
had a retail store with it.
|
Sec. 8, Reseburg |
Rabers & Blue
Moon are 2 seperate places - Blue Moon closed in 2000 due to
contract negotiations & the new owners - Saputo Cheese- decided to close
it
down - a great loss for many employees. Lyn Brunett |
|
Reseburg Cheese Factory |
Witt, Erwin H.
Reseburg
Factory |
Erwin Witt, Worechek,
Sniegowski |
3 mi. S, 2 mi. E of Thorp |
|
|
Riplinger Cheese Factory
Note #1 |
Cheddar |
1. Emil Marten, 2. Christ
Abegglen 3. Swift & Co.; operated by Pauley
Cheese Co. (1948) |
Sec. 16-17, Riplinger, Wis. |
1930 |
|
Riverside Coop. Cheese |
|
Riverside Co-operative, Harry
Eide, |
Chili, R.D. 1,
Granton, R. D.2. |
1909,
1916,
1930 |
|
Riverside Cheese Factory |
|
1. August Dankemeyer, 2. Harry
Eide, |
Sec. 15, Fremont Twp. |
1906 - 1958 |
|
Riverview |
|
James Holmes |
Rt. 2, Unity |
1916 |
|
Riverview Cheese Factory |
|
Walter W. Bratz |
Rt. 2, Stanley |
1930 |
|
Roger/Rodger
Creek Cheese Factory |
#1
American
|
Walter Fero, William P. Blazel,
T. J. Gjermundson, |
Sec. 29, Co. N, Thorp Twp., Rt. 2,
Stanley, Wis. |
1909,
1930 |
|
Romeo Farmer's Cheese Factory |
|
Emil Martens |
Sec. 13, Unity |
1910-1915 |
|
Sampe, Y. C. Cheese Factory |
#1 |
|
|
|
|
Schwamb's |
|
Schwamb's Co-operative Dairy
Co. |
Tioga |
|
|
Seefeld's Cheese Factory |
|
H. T. Seefeld |
Sec. 3, Sherman Twp. |
|
|
Seeman Cheese Factory/Miller's |
|
Wm. Seeman, Alfred Mandel |
Co. Trunk K north of Loyal |
|
|
Schilling |
#1 |
H. B. Moldenhauer & Son,
Emil Luther |
Rt. 3, Greenwood |
1916 |
|
Schilling's Cheese |
Emil Luther, Sr.
(informant: Art Olson) |
Ervin A. Schilling |
Hwy 13 near Abbotsford, relocated
after it was destroyed by a June 1958 tornado |
|
|
Schlinsog Dairy |
Milk;
Note:
#1 |
Chas. Schlinsog, Harry & Ted Schlinsog Families |
South of Loyal - Granton |
1900 |
|
Schultz Cheese Factory |
|
Aug. Schultz |
Sec. 3, Colby - Spencer |
bef. 1882,
1900 |
|
Schumacher |
|
Peter Schumacher |
Rt. 2, Dorchester |
|
|
Schwamb's Co-operative Cheese
Factory/Knop's
Woodland View Cheese Factory |
|
Area Farmers, Francis Knop |
15 Mi. SW of Greenwood, 1
mi east of the Tioga depot, Hendren Township |
|
|
Seif Skimming Station |
|
Clark Co., Butter Co. |
Rt. 2, Neillsville |
1909 |
|
Sherman Cheese Factory |
American |
P. Knickle & Son |
Sherman Twp., Rt. 2, Spencer |
1909 |
|
Sherman Cheese Factory |
|
George Fisher, Jr. |
Spencer |
|
|
Sherman Dairy Co. |
|
|
Veefkind |
bef. 1898 |
|
Sherwood Dairy |
|
Sherwood Dairy Co.; Joe
Beandot |
Rt. 4, Granton |
1916,
1930 |
|
Sherwood Cheese Factory |
|
Christian Feutz, Cheesemaker |
|
|
|
Shilling |
|
Emil Luther |
Rt. 3, Greenwood |
1930 |
|
Shortville Dairy Co. |
|
1. Shortville Dairy Co., 2.
Charles Winters, Rudolph Wahlem |
Washburn Twp., Rt. 1, Neillsville,
Wis. |
1909,
1910,
1916
1930 |
|
Silver Rock |
Note #1 |
1. Silver Rock Co., 2.
Wilfred Nelson |
|
|
|
Skimming Station |
|
George Bue |
Shortville |
1900 |
|
Sommer Cheese Factory |
American |
Wm. & Otto Sommer |
Rt. 1, Thorp |
1909,
1910,
1916 |
|
Sommerfeldt Cheese Factory |
|
Fred Sommerfeldt |
Colby |
1900 |
|
South Grand |
American |
E. D. Prange, Leo A.
Bleeser |
Granton, Rt. 2 |
1909,
1916 |
|
South Grant Cheese
Factory, Ad |
|
1. Elmer E. Hitzke; 2. W.
E. Bresemann, Walter
H. Schmidt in the 1950s, lg. retail shop |
Rt. 3, Hwy. 10, Granton |
1930, 1967
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South Green Grove Coop. Dy. Ass'n |
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Rt. 3, Greenwood |
1930 |
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South Lynn Dairy |
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Ed Decker |
Cty.
Hwy. "W", south of Hwy. 10 |
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South Point |
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Henry W. LaButzke,
Emil W. Ehlert, August Ehlert |
Rt. 1, Thorp |
1916,
1930 |
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South Worden Dairy Co. |
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1. John Wry; 2. Leo Biel |
9 mi. southeast of Stanley,
Rt. 2 Stanley |
1930 |
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South York Cheese Factory |
American |
E. H. Tucker |
Sec. 34, York Twp. |
1909 |
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South York |
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M. L. Trichel, J. Sneberk,
Edward Rank |
Rt. 1, Granton |
1916,
1930 |
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Spokeville
Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1, American |
Gust.. A. Voight |
Sec. 19, Sherman Twp., Rt.
1, Spencer |
1909 |
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Spokeville Cheese Factory |
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Gust. Voight, Otto G. Rohde |
Rt. 2, Spencer |
1910,
1916 |
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Standard Brands |
Note #1 |
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Star |
American |
1. Peter Jensen, 2. E. H.
Tober, Adolph F. Voight |
Granton |
1909,
1916 |
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Star |
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Dan Gluch, Sr. |
Granton, Rt. 3 |
1909 |
|
Star Cheese Factory |
|
1.Otto Braun, 2. Marlow, 3.
Lawrie |
1 mi. N. Dorchester on hwy.
13 |
1924 |
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Star Cheese Factory |
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Peter Jensen |
Lynn Twp. |
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Steinwand, Ambrose M.
No. 1 |
Colby Cheese |
A. M. &
Joseph F.
Steinwand, Clarence N. Olson |
Colby Twp. |
opened in 1882,
1900,
1930 |
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Steinwand No. 2 |
|
Joseph F. Steinwand |
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Stewart's Redville
Dairy |
Italian Provolone & Cheddar |
Stewart Family,
Frank M. Bayuk-cheesemaker |
Greenwood |
1967,
1973, 1976, 1979 |
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Stock |
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Rudolph Stock |
Rt. 2, Colby |
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Somerfeld, Ira |
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Colby |
bef. 1898 |
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Stony Creek |
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Otto E. Luther |
Rt. 1, Loyal |
1916 |
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Sumner's Cheese |
|
Otto Sumner, Bill Kubera |
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Sunshine Valley Cheese Factory |
|
1.
Mark & Lou Wohld
2. Bruno Nurmi
|
5 mi. south of Thorp, WI,
Sec. 28. Rt. 1. |
1930 |
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Sunflower |
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Curtiss, Curtiss Produce Co. |
|
1909 |
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Suttner Cheese |
|
Paul Suttner |
Hwy 29, Sec. 32, Curtiss,
Mayville twp., WI |
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Sydney Cheese |
|
Pine Valley Cry. Ass'n. |
Neillsville |
1910 |
| Teclaw |
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Michael Teclaw |
Thorp |
1930 |
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Thiel Cheese |
|
H. F. Thiel |
Snow |
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Thorp Comb. |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
1910 |
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Thorp Creamery |
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Thorp, WI |
Now Art Jacques
Apts. |
|
Thorp Dairy Co. |
|
Rudolph Verweyst |
City of Thorp |
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Thorp Dairy No. 1 (comb.) |
|
Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
1910,
1916 |
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Thorp Dairy No. 2 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Rt. 1, Thorp |
1916 |
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Thorp Dairy No. 3 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Rt. 4, Thorp |
1916 |
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Thorp Dairy No. 4 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Rt. 4, Thorp |
1916 |
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Thorp Dairy No. 5 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
1916 |
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Thorp Dairy No. 6 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
1916 |
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Timothy Belt Cheese & Dairy
Co. |
Cheddar & Milk |
Timothy Belt Dairy Co., Walter A. Reinke,
Frank Broeren |
Sec. 6, Rt. 1, Thorp,
1 mi. S, 1 mi. E |
1916,
1930 |
|
Town Line |
|
Otto E. Grennke, Robt.
Petznick |
Rt. 1, Granton |
1916 |
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Town Line |
American |
Herman F. Seefeld |
Spencer |
1909,
1916,
1930 |
| Town of Withee |
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|
Rt. 4 Thorp |
1930 |
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Twin Creek |
|
Wm. A. Wichmann |
Rt. 2 Unity |
1916 |
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Unity Dairy Products |
Colby & Cheddar Cheese |
H. E. Mandel |
Unity, WI |
1967 |
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Uttech Cheese Factory |
|
Herb Uttech |
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Voigt |
Note:
#1,
#2 |
Ernest C. Voigt of Madison |
Rt. 2, Unity |
1916 |
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Wahlen Cheese Factory |
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Warner |
American |
1. Warner Cheese Co., 2.William
Laabs 2. Henry Mueller 4. Charles Allman |
Rt. 2, Greenwood |
1909,
1930 |
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Warner |
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William A. Wichman |
Unity |
1916 |
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Warner Co-operative
Cheese Factory |
Limburger |
Area Farmers |
Warner Township |
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Warner's Corners |
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Note
#1 |
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Water Cheese |
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Arthur Water |
Withee |
1900 |
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Weller Cheese |
|
Louis Weller |
Colby |
1900 |
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West Beaver |
|
Al A. Matthias |
Rt. 3, Greenwood |
1916 |
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West Eaton Cheese Factory |
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1. Theodore Wessel; 2. Harry
Schlinsog; 3. Dairy Belt. (This factory became a tavern) |
Sec. 8, 4 mi. southwest of Greenwood |
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West Eaton |
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West Eaton Cheese Co. |
Rt. 5, Greenwood |
1916,
1930 |
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West Fremont |
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Otto H. Yordi, W. J.
Garlach, John W. Young |
Rt. 1, Granton |
1916,
1930 |
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West Side Cheese Factory |
American |
Setsche / Zetsche & Schlingsog |
Warner Twp. |
1909 |
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West Side |
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Henry Mueller |
Rt. 2, Spencer |
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West Side |
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Wm. A. Wichman |
Greenwood Rt 3 |
1916 |
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Western Condensing Co. |
Milk Powder & Whey Sugar |
Foremost Dairies, Inc. |
Owen |
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West Worden #1 |
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Closed 1 Apr 1907 |
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West Worden |
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West Worden Dairy Co. |
Rt. 2 Stanley |
1916 |
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West Worden
#2 |
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Built by Han Huls |
2 mi. S, 5 mi. W, Rt. 2, Stanley |
Built in 1931 |
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White Birch Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
Neighborhood Operation, Joe Gubell,
Albert Patchak |
Thorp |
1930 |
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White Clover |
|
Ignatz "Ignacy"Wojkiewicz |
Rt. 4, Thorp |
1910,
1916 |
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White Eagle Dairy |
|
Steve Losiewicz, sold to Blue
Moon |
5 mi. north of Rt. 2, Thorp, WI |
1930 |
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White House Milk Products |
Evaporated Milk under the
A. & P. Food Stores Label |
Subsidiary of Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Co. |
Abbotsford |
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White
Way /
Breezy Hill |
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1. O. W. Freimund, 2. Leonard Soeller
Walter W. Bratz |
Sec. 13, Rt. 3, Thorp-4
mi. S., 1 mi W |
1916,
1930. ca. 1933 |
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Wild Cherry Factory, later
named Raber Foods. |
Cheddar |
First owned by Mike and Verna
Teclaw and was destroy by fire about 1929; in 1956-Laura Natzke owned
a factory using this name. |
Thorp |
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Wildwood Cheese Factory |
|
Vandi & Louis Suda,
August Ehlert |
Rt. 2, Greenwood, Wis.,
(Sec. 35, Reseburg Twp.) |
1930 |
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Willard Cheese Factory |
|
Willard Co-operative Dairy
Co., Emil F. Mech |
Sec. 15, Willard |
1916,
1930 |
|
Wisconsin Dairies |
Manufactures of butter, Cheese,
powder, & fluid Milk |
|
Neillsville, WI |
1979 |
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Wiskow Cheese |
Note1 |
Benard F. Wiskow |
Neillsville |
1916 |
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Withee Creamery & Skimming
Station |
|
George E. Peterson
|
Withee |
1909,
1910 |
|
Witt Cheese Factory |
|
This factory was previously known as the Wild
Cherry Cheese Factory (see that facility above). |
North of Thorp |
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Witt, Ed. J's Factory |
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Woodland |
|
Walter Ott |
Rt. 1, Willard |
1930 |
|
Woodland View Cheese |
|
Francis Knops |
Seif Twp., Sec. 5, Hwy I |
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Woodside |
|
August Pieper;
Note, H.E.
Wordell, A.L. Witt |
Rt. 3, Greenwood (bef. 1942);
corner of present day Robin Ave. & Lover's Road, Sec. 23 in the
Town of Beaver |
1916,
1930 |
|
Worachek |
Note #1 |
1. John J. Worachek, 2.
Ervin Sniegowski |
Reesburg |
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Worden Cheese Factory (East) |
Cheese & Grocery |
Louis Badzinski |
6 mi. so. of Thorp in an area
known as "Cozy Corners" |
1933 era |
|
Worden Cheese Factory
(Central) |
|
A. Baldeschwiler |
Rt. 3, Thorp |
1910 |
|
Worden Cheese Factory
(West) |
|
West Worden Dairy Co. |
Stanley R. 2,Worden |
1910 |
|
Wuethrich Creamery
(Grassland) |
Butter & non-fat powder |
John Wuethrich |
Greenwood |
1916,
1930, 1973, 1979 |
|
York Center |
Cheddar, American |
1. Heibel & Gullick, 2. Emil
M. Schoenfeld 3. Fred O. Justman |
Rt. 4, Neillsville |
1909,
1910,
1916,
1930 |
|
York Center Cheese Factory |
|
L. B. Gunia rebuilt the plant
in the early 1950s. In 1973 it was purchased by Art Masanz, then in
1984 by Harold & Lois Mayer who renamed it "Mayer Dairy, Inc."
It closed in 2001 |
York |
Established
operation excellently located in a productive area, installed a new
plant pasteurizer in 1957. |
|
York Cheese Factory |
American |
J. B. Daugetee, Alfred M.
Johnson |
Sec. 27, York Township,
Granton Rt 1 |
1909,
1916 |
|
York Dairy |
|
1. M. C. Mertens, 2. Ken &
David Bletsoe; John Mullins |
Granton, WI |
#1; 1967, modern concrete block building; new plate pasteurizer
installed in 1957. |
|
York Dairy/Breseman
Cheese Factory |
|
Al Breseman |
3 1/2 mi. NW of Granton |
#1,
1930 |
| York Valley Cheese |
|
Harry E. Ohlrogge |
Rt. 1, Greenwood |
1930 |
|
Zbinden Factory |
|
|
|
#1 |
|
Zelm Cheese Factory |
#1 |
|
|
|
|
Unknown |
|
August Ehlert |
1 mi. E, 5 mi. S of Thorp |
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Cheese Factory #1 |
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