| Business Name |
Product & Notes |
Owners/Managers |
Location |
Time of Operation |
|
A. M. Steinwand |
|
A. M. Steinwand |
Colby Twp. |
|
|
Abbotsford Creamery/Olson Cheese |
|
Purchased by
Harry Olson in 1919, previous owner unkown |
|
1919-1946 |
|
Acme Creamery Co. |
|
Orlo Robinson |
Weston, Rt. 3, Neillsville |
1909 |
| Albert Dairy Co. |
|
Albert Albert,
Ferdinand
Albert |
Thorp |
1895-1909 |
|
American Store Dairy |
Employees |
Morris Blodgett |
8th & Hewett in Neillsville, WI |
1940 |
|
Atwood |
|
Joseph Schuh |
Rt. 1 Owen |
|
|
Bachman's East Worden Cheese Factory |
|
Rudolph Bachman, sold to the Blue Moon. |
6 miles south of Thorp |
|
|
Banner |
|
H. E. Wordell |
Granton |
|
|
Banner |
|
Charles A. Bulgrin |
Rt. 2, Owen |
|
Banner
Comb. |
American |
Harry Eide |
1. Granton, Rt. 2, Sec. 34, Fremont |
1909 |
|
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 |
John Joss |
Beaver Township,
Rt. 1, Loyal |
1909 |
|
Big Four |
|
Charles Duvall |
Beaver Township |
|
| Big Four |
|
Richard M. Schmitz |
Rt. 1, Unity |
|
| Big Four, Comb. |
American |
Camers & Pipkorn |
Rt. 1, Unity |
1909 |
|
Black River Cheese Factory |
|
Otto Brown |
Rt. 2, Withee |
Still standing in 2011. |
|
Blodgett Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1,
#2 |
|
|
1917 |
|
Blue Moon Cheese Factory |
Recipes (lg. download)
Note:
#1;
#2;
#3;
#4 |
|
|
|
|
Blumenstein & Bornheimer |
|
J. F. Tessmer |
Colby Twp. |
|
|
Boardman |
#1 |
Boardman Bros. |
Rt. 2, Stanley |
|
|
Braun Settlement Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1, #2
(Photos) |
Ted Braun, A. Liebzeit |
Greenwood, Sec. 6, Warner Twp. |
|
|
Breezy Hill |
|
1. O. W. Freimund, 2. Leonard
Soeller |
Sec. 14, Rt. 3, Thorp |
|
|
Breseman Cheese Factory/York Dairy |
Packaged Rindless Cheddar |
1. A. P. Breseman; 2. John Mullins |
Pelsdorf Rd. |
|
|
Bright Creamery |
|
H. A. Bright |
Bright, Green Grove |
1909 |
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
Butterville |
|
Alfred Noah |
Greenwood |
|
|
Butterville Cheese Factory |
|
Pirl Burrington |
Butler Twp., Sec. 15, Rt. 3, Thorp |
closed in late 1930s. |
|
Bymer Dairy |
|
|
|
|
|
Cannonville |
|
Christian Feutz |
Rt. 4, Granton |
|
|
Carnation Milk Condensary |
|
|
Owen |
|
| Catlin Corners Cheese Factory &
Skimming Station |
Cheddar & Colby,
Note:
#1 |
Jenks Dairy Co., Gordon A. Randt, operator |
Hwy. 98, east of Loyal, WI |
|
| Clark County Butter Co./Globe Cry. |
|
1. Clark Co. Butter Co., 2. P. W.
Hales |
Rt. 3, Neillsville |
1909 |
|
Clark County Central Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1 |
Adolph Voight; Arnold Hoppa; David
Hoppa |
Weston Twp., N5903 Co. Hwy G, N.W.
of Neillsville |
|
| 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 County Butter Company |
|
Mike Prock |
West Weston, Rt. 3, Neillsville |
1909 |
|
Clark County Central |
|
H. W. Decker |
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 |
|
| Clover Belt Creamery |
|
Thomas McAdams |
Owen |
|
| Clover Belt |
American |
1. W. H. Sommer, 2. Fred Greve |
Rt. 3, Thorp |
1909 |
| Clover Dale |
American |
E. C. Meyers |
Rt. 1, Unity |
1909 |
| Cloverdale Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
Walter Rindfleisch & Wife |
Colby |
1940-1960 |
| Cloverdale Cheese Factory |
|
Mathias Holzmann |
Rt. 1, Unity |
|
| Clover Hill Co-op Cheese Factory |
|
Edward Mildebrand |
Hwy E out of Curtiss, Near A & E, a mile north of A on E. |
1919-1935+, 1967 |
| Clover Leaf Factory |
|
Frank Pritzel |
Sec. 9, Worden Township |
|
| Clover Leaf Factory |
Cheddar, American |
Math Meyer, Walter Murphy |
Rt. 2, Stanley |
1909 |
|
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 |
3 mi. W & 2 mi. S. of Greenwood
at the NE corner of Chickadee & Cty. Hwy. O |
1943 |
| Cloverview Cheese Factory |
|
|
Unknown |
#1 |
| Colby Cheese House |
Colby Cheese |
Diane Feiten |
Colby, WI |
1988, 1991 |
| Coats Cheese & Creamery |
|
E. Coats |
Sec. 16, York |
|
| Cooper Cheese Co. Inc. |
|
|
Willard, WI |
1967 |
| County Farm Cheese & Butter Co. |
|
1. County Farm Cheese, 2.R. A. Zickert |
Rt. 4, Neillsville & Grant Twp. |
1909 |
| Christie |
|
J. A. Hauser |
Rt. 3, Neillsville |
|
| Crystal Comb. |
American |
Seitz Brothers |
Rt. 1,
Greenwood |
1909 |
|
Crystal Creamery |
|
Seitz Brothers |
Sec. 8, York |
Early 1900's |
| Curtiss (Comb.) |
|
Adolph Luethy |
Curtiss |
|
| 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 |
|
| Daisy Cheese Factory |
|
George Schils |
York, 6 1/2 miles NE of
Neillsville |
#1 |
| Daisy Dairy |
|
John Joss |
Loyal |
|
| Day |
|
Joseph Babler |
Zachow |
#1, 1897 |
| Day, Comb. |
American |
Day Creamry Co. |
Neillsville |
1909 |
| Day Cream & Cheese Co. |
|
1. Day Creamery Co., 2. James Wallace Short |
Sec. 2, Levis |
|
| 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 |
| Dill Creek Cheese Factory |
Cheddar, Colby |
Peter Lerch, Byron;
John Tesmer, Laurence Hoernke, |
Colby, Rt. 1, corner of Oak Rd. &
Badger Ave. |
1909-1930s |
| Dodge Creamery Co. |
|
Dodge Creamery Co. |
|
|
| Dodgeville Factory |
American |
Waterstreet & Smith; W. F. Naulin |
Rt. 1, Loyal |
1909 |
|
Dorchester Cheese Co. Inc. |
Colby |
1. O. G. Peterson; 2. Fred & Jerome Reynolds & Cliff Wetterau |
Mayville Twp. |
|
| Dorchester |
American |
E. J. Mechelke |
Rt. 1, Dorchester |
1909 |
| 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 Pleasant Ridge Dairy/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 |
|
East Worden Dairy |
|
|
|
|
|
Eaton Center |
Note:
#1 |
Eaton Center Cheese Co.,
Herman Kalkofen,
Francis Scherer & Herbert Quimbly |
Greenwood |
1911-1935 |
| Eau Clarie Creamery Co. |
|
Eau Claire, WI |
Greenwood |
|
| Edgewood |
|
David E. Norleen |
Rt.
1, Abbotsford |
|
| Ehlers Cheese Factory |
|
August Ehler |
Reseburg (SE of Thorp) |
Destroyed by fire Sept., 1948 |
|
Eidsvold Cheese Factory |
|
Ervin Boardman, Walter Braatz,
Charles Flunker, George Thill, William Thill |
|
|
|
Elmdale/Rasmussen/Greenwood Valley Cheese factory |
Cheddar |
Built by Humke & sold to Walter Rasmussen |
|
|
| Enterprise Creamery |
American |
1. A. C. F. Witt; 2. O. W. Becker |
Rt. 2, Lynn & Granton |
1909 |
|
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 |
mid 1940s- |
| Farmer's Progressive Cream Co. |
|
John Weutrich |
Eaton |
190-9 |
| Favorite |
Note
#1 |
Hans Nielsen Estate |
Rt. 2, Withee |
|
|
Feutz Cannonville Cheese Factory |
|
|
|
|
|
Fischer's 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 |
ca 1956 |
|
Flick Cheese Factory |
|
|
|
|
|
Flunker Cheese Factory |
Note
#1 |
Charles Flunker |
Eidsvold |
|
|
Foelsh Cheese Factory |
|
|
|
|
| Foremost-Blue Moon Cheese, Inc. |
Specialty & Natural Cheeses |
|
Thorp |
1967, 1973, 1976, 1979 |
| Four Corners Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
1. Reuben Knorr; 2. Hilarion Riedel |
Rt. 2, Curtiss |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Globe |
|
Globe Cheese Co. |
Rt. 5, Greenwood |
|
|
Gorman Co-operative Dairy |
|
Area Farmers, cheesemaker, George
Raven. |
Gorman Rd, just south of the intersection of Twenty-six Rd,
Hendren Township |
1917-1957 |
|
Granton Cream and Cheese Factory |
|
C. A. Guth/Cuth |
Granton |
1909 |
|
Granton |
|
Oscar A. Petersen |
Granton |
|
|
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 |
Colby, R. D. 2 |
1909 |
| Greenwood Cheese Factory |
|
Dr. Fuchs |
Greenwood |
|
| Greenwood (Comb.) |
|
John Wuetrich |
Greenwood |
|
|
Greenwood Creamery |
|
Eau Claire Creamery |
Greenwood |
1909 |
|
Greenwood Dairy |
|
1.
D. M. Watson 2. Theodore W. Mech |
Greenwood |
|
|
Greenwood Milk Products Co-op |
Cheddar |
Neighboring Farmers |
|
1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988 |
|
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 |
|
1. Humke, 2.Erwin C. Koepsel, 3.
Dearth 4. Richard Ashbeck |
Rt.4, Greenwood |
|
|
Hewett |
|
Fred Theiler |
Humbird |
|
|
Hiller's Clover Belt Cheese Factory |
|
Otto Hiller |
2 mi. so. of Thorp |
|
|
Hillside Co-Op Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
1. Theodore Schultz; 2.
Leo Biel |
Stanley |
|
| Hoard Cheese Factory |
#1 |
1. Marquardt, Laabs & Laabs 2. J. P. Burtard; 2. H. W. Marquardt |
Sec. 11, Hoard Twp., R. D. 1 |
1909-Closed in 1951 |
| Hoffman Dairy |
Milk, Ice Cream |
Harley Hoffman |
Thorp |
1967, 1973, 1976 |
|
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 |
|
Humbird Creamery Co. |
|
1. Humbird Co-op. Cry. Co., 2. Fred Theiler |
Humbird, WI |
1909 |
|
Huntzicker Cheese Factory |
|
|
|
1878 |
|
J. F. Steinwand |
|
J. F. Steinwand |
Colby Twp. |
|
|
Jacob's Dairy,
Ad |
|
|
Rt. 3, Neillsville |
Mar., 1949-? |
|
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 |
|
1. Eide, 2. Bymer Schroder, 3. Johnson, 4. Heinrich. |
Fremont Township |
bef. 1923 - 1947 |
| Junction Cheese Factory |
|
Ernst Looser |
5 mi. northeast of Thorp |
|
| Kasper Cheese Factory |
Cheddar & Colby |
Kasper Family |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
Knops
Woodland View |
|
Francis Knops |
15 mi. southwest of Greenwood,
Sec. 5, Seif Twp, Co. Hwy. I |
|
|
Krugeger Cheese Factory Scorched |
|
|
Humbird |
|
|
Kurth Corners Cheese
Factory |
|
Walt Reber |
|
|
|
Laabs Bros. Factories |
|
Note |
|
|
|
Laabs Cheese Factory-Abbotsford |
|
Laabs Bros. |
|
|
|
Laabs Cheese Factory-Curtiss |
|
|
|
|
|
Laabs Cheese Factory-Willard |
|
Cheesemakers: 1. Leonard Raven 2. Jacob Tjepkema |
Cty. G in Willard on the east end of "town." |
|
|
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 |
Emil Luther, Jr.
(informant: Art Olson) |
|
|
|
| Levis |
American |
Levis C. & B. Company |
Neillsville |
1909 |
| 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 |
Cheddar |
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 |
Installed a new
sewage disposal system in 1957. |
| 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. R.R. 2 Thorp, Wis. |
|
|
Lone Oak Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
1. Louis H. Horn, 2. Walter Emerson 3. Fremont
Wonn |
Rt. 1, Withee |
|
|
Lone Pine Cheese Factory,
formerly Clay Walter's Corner Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
1. Schmidfranz
2. Clay Walters
3. Frank Meske |
E. of Thorp in sec. 15 Reesburg
twp., Co. Rd. N. R. Thorp |
closed soon after Frank Meske's
purchase. |
| Longwood Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
R. J. Cooper of Marshfield, managed by Lewis Gehrke |
Longwood Twp. |
1967 |
| Longwood (Comb.) |
|
H. J. Mathias |
Withee |
|
| Longwood Dairy Co. |
American |
Ed Swenson |
Longwood Twp.,
Rt. 1, Withee,
|
1909 |
| Loyal Jenks (comb.) |
|
Loyal Jenks Dairy Co. |
Loyal |
1909 |
| 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 |
Colby Cheese;
#1 |
Albert H. & Lena Mandel |
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 |
|
Maple Grove Factory |
|
William A. Rusch |
Spencer |
|
|
Maple Grove Factory |
|
Henry House |
Curtiss |
|
|
Maple Grove Factory |
|
William A. Wichman |
Rt. 2, Unity |
|
|
Marathon-Clark Co-op |
Cheddar |
Over 200 Area Farmers, managed by
Ervin Schilling |
No. Main St., Abbotsford |
|
|
Marten |
American |
Emil W. Marten |
Rt. 1, Spencer |
1909 |
|
Martin Cheese Factory |
|
H. A. Martin |
Sec. 25, Unity Township |
|
|
Mathias Cheese Factory |
#1 |
|
|
|
|
Mauel's Ice Cream |
Ice Cream |
Henry Mauel, Jr |
Owen |
1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1988 |
|
Mayville Cheese Factory |
|
A. Natchway; Erick Beisner, owner; his brother Herman Beisner,
Cheesemaker. |
Mayville Twp. |
|
| Mayville (Comb.) |
American |
Anton Natchway/Nachtwey |
Dorchester, Rt. 1 |
1909 |
| Meadow Farms |
Ice Cream |
A. H. Pfalzgraf |
|
|
| Meyers Cheese Factory |
|
E. C. Meyers |
Sec. 5, Unity |
|
| Midway |
|
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 |
bef. 1955 |
| Midway Cheese |
#1 |
W. E. Petersen |
Curtiss |
|
| Milk Condensery of American
Dairy Stores |
|
Morris Blodgett, Mgr. |
Neillsville |
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
| Neillsville (comb.) |
|
M. L. Freichel |
Neillsville |
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Neillsville Dairy |
Ice Cream & Dairy Bar |
1. H. H. Quicker, owner; 2. Dan Patey, owner. |
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| Neillsville Milk Products Co-op |
Dried Milk & Pine Valley Sweet Cream Butter |
500 Area Farmers; B. H. Crissinger, Mgr. |
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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 |
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| North Star Cheese |
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Emil D. Prange |
R.F.D. Granton |
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| North Star Cheese |
Brick |
North Star Cheese Co. |
Greenwood, Rt. 1 |
1909 |
| North Star Factory |
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Michael Fitzgerald of Watertown, WI |
Loyal Township |
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| North Warner |
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North Warner Co-operative |
Rt. 4, Greenwood, Warner Twp. |
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| Oak Grove Cheese |
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Fred W. Buss |
Rt. 2, Curtiss |
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| Oak Grove Factory |
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Oak Grove Co-operative Cheese Co.; Christian Klay |
5 mi. Southwest of Withee |
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Oakland Cheese Factory |
2# & 5# loaves of Colby & Cheddar |
Gordon H. Munson |
Near Curtiss |
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Oatman
Condensery |
Condensed Milk |
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Neillsville |
est. 1916 |
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Olson Cheese Factory |
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C. N. Olson |
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Ostenson Cheese Factory |
#1 |
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| Otter Creek Cheese Factory |
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Alfred Laabs |
2.5 mi. northeast of Stanley, WI |
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| Owen |
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Melvin E. Ostenson |
Owen |
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| Owen Dairy Co. |
Cheddar & Italian Cheeses |
H. F. Gripentrog, Jr. |
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| Peltzdorf/ Pellzdorf Creamery &
Skimming Station |
Note:
#1 |
Seitz Bros. |
Loyal; Rt. 1 Greenwood |
1909 |
| Pine Grove |
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Clarence Wichmann |
Rt. 1, Loyal |
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Pine Grove Cheese Factory |
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George Foelsch |
6 1/2 miles N. of Loyal, then 2 mi. E. on Ripplinger Rd.,
Beaver Township |
1950s |
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Pine Valley Butter Co. |
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1. Pine Valley Butter Co., 2. Geo. E. Crothers |
Neillsville, WI |
1909 |
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Pine Valley Cream Association |
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1. Pine Valley Cry. Assn., 2. O. M. Arnold |
Sec. 16, RFD, Pine Valley |
1909 |
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Pine Valley Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1 |
Walter Zbinden |
Neillsville, WI |
1927 |
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Pleasant Ridge Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
1946-Otto Meinholdt, then E. O. Franz |
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.
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| Pleasant Ridge Cheese Factory |
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H. A. Martin |
Grant Center |
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| Pleasant Ridge Creamery |
American |
1. Fred Schwantes, 2. A. A. Huckstead 2. Robert Petznick |
4 mi. southeast of Neillsville, Rt. 1 |
1898, 1909 |
| Pleasant View |
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Louis Rach |
Loyal |
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| Pleasant View |
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Fred O. Justman |
Unity |
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| Pleasant View Creamery & Skimming
Station |
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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" |
1988, 1991 |
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Poplar |
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Charles & Henry Salzwedel |
Sec. 28, Beaver Twp. |
1889 |
| Poplar |
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Hugo F. Behringer |
Rt. 4, Greenwood |
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| Pozen |
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Albert Albert |
Thorp |
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| Raber Foods, Inc. |
Quality Dairy Products |
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2 m. N, 1 m. west of Thorp, WI |
1988 |
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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 |
| Riplinger Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
Swift & Co.; operated by Pauley Cheese Co. |
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| Riverside |
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Riverside Co-operative, Harry Eide,
Granton, R. D.2. |
Chili, R.D. 1 |
1909 |
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Riverside Cheese Factory |
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1. August Dankemeyer, 2. Harry Eide |
Sec. 15, Fremont Twp. |
1906 - 1958 |
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Riverview |
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James Holmes |
Rt. 2, Unity |
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Roger/Rodger Creek Cheese Factory |
#1
American |
Walter Fero, William Blazel, T. J.
Gjermundson, |
Sec. 29, Thorp Twp., Rt. 2,
Stanley, Wis. |
1909 |
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Romeo Farmer's Cheese Factory |
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Emil Martens |
Unity |
1910-1915 |
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Sampe, Y. C. Cheese Factory |
#1 |
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Schwamb's |
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Schwamb's Co-operative Dairy Co. |
Tioga |
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Seefeld's Cheese Factory |
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H. T. Seefeld |
Sec. 3, Sherman Twp. |
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Seeman Cheese Factory/Miller's |
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Wm. Seeman, Alfred Mandel |
Co. Trunk K north of Loyal |
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Schilling |
#1 |
H. B. Moldenhauer & Son, Luther? |
Rt. 3, Greenwood |
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| Schilling's Cheese |
Emil Luther, Sr.
(informant: Art Olson) |
E. A. Schilling |
Hwy 13 near Abbotsford, relocated after it was destroyed by
a June 1958 tornado |
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Schlinsog Dairy |
Milk;
Note:
#1 |
Harry & Ted Schlinsog Families |
South of Loyal |
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| Schumacher |
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Peter Schumacher |
Rt. 2, Dorchester |
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Schwamb's Co-operative Cheese Factory/Knop's Woodland View Cheese Factory |
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Area Farmers |
a mile east of the Tioga depot, Hendren
Township |
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Seif Skimming Station |
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Clark Co., Butter Co. |
Rt. 2, Neillsville |
1909 |
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Sherman Cheese Factory |
American |
P. Knickle & Son |
Sherman Twp., Rt. 2, Spencer |
1909 |
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Sherman Cheese Factory |
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George Fisher, Jr. |
Spencer |
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Sherwood Dairy |
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Sherwood Dairy Co. |
Rt. 4, Granton |
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Sherwood Cheese Factory |
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Christian Feutz, Cheesemaker |
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Shortville Dairy Co. |
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1. Shortville Dairy Co., 2. Charles Winters |
Washburn Twp., Rt. 1, Neillsville,
Wis. |
1909 |
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Sommer
Cheese Factory |
American |
Wm. & Otto Sommer |
Rt. 1, Thorp |
1909 |
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South Grand |
American |
E. D. Prange |
Granton, Rt. 2 |
1909 |
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South Grant Cheese Factory,
Ad |
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1. Elmer E. Hitzke; 2. Walter H. Schmidt in the
1950s, lg. retail shoop |
Rt. 3, Hwy. 10, Granton |
1967 |
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South Green
Grove Co-operative |
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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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Emil W. Ehlert |
Rt. 1, Thorp |
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| South Worden Dairy |
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1. John Wry; 2. Leo Biel |
9 mi. southeast of Stanley |
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| South York Cheese Factory |
American |
E. H. Tucker |
Sec. 34, York Twp. |
1909 |
| South York |
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M. L. Trichel |
Granton |
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Spokeville Cheese Factory |
Note:
#1, American |
C. A. Voight |
Sec. 19, Sherman Twp., Rt. 1,
Spencer |
1909 |
| Spokeville Cheese Factory |
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Otto G. Rohde |
Rt. 2, Spencer |
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| Star |
American |
1. Peter Jensen, 2. E. H. Tober |
Granton |
1909 |
| Star |
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Dan Gluch, Sr. |
Granton, Rt. 3 |
1909 |
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Star Cheese Factory |
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1.Otto Braun, 2. Marlow, 3. Lawrie |
1 mi. N. Dorchester on hwy. 13 |
1924 |
| Star Cheese Factory |
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Peter Jensen |
Lynn Twp. |
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| Steinwand |
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Joseph F. Steinwand |
Colby, R. D. 2 |
1909 |
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Steinwand |
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A. M. Steinwand |
Colby, R. D. 2 |
1909 |
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Stewart's Redville Dairy |
Italian Provolone & Cheddar |
Stewart Family |
Greenwood |
1967, 1973, 1976, 1979 |
| Stock |
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Rudolph Stock |
Rt. 2, Colby |
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| Stony Creek |
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Otto E. Luther |
Rt. 1, Loyal |
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| Sun Shine Valley Cheese Factory |
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1. Mark Wohld
2. Bruno Nurmi |
5 mi. south of Thorp, WI, Sec. 28.
Rt. 1. |
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| Sunflower |
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Curtiss, Curtiss Produce Co. |
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1909 |
| Suttner Cheese |
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Paul Suttner |
Hwy 29, Sec. 32, Curtiss, Mayville
twp., WI |
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| Thorp Dairy Co. |
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Rudolph Verweyst |
Thorp |
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Thorp Dairy No. 1 (comb.) |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
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Thorp Dairy No. 2 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
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Thorp Dairy No. 3 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
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Thorp Dairy No. 4 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
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Thorp Dairy No. 5 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
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Thorp Dairy No. 6 |
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Thorp Dairy Co. |
Thorp |
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| Timothy Belt Cheese & Dairy |
Cheddar & Milk |
Walter A. Reinke |
Rt. 1, Thorp |
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| Town Line |
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Otto E. Grennke |
Rt. 1, Granton |
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| Town Line |
American |
Herman F. Seefeld |
Spencer |
1909 |
| Unity Dairy Products |
Colby & Cheddar Cheese |
H. E. Mandel |
Unity, WI |
1967 |
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Uttech Cheese Factory |
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Herb Uttech |
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Voigt |
Note:
#1, #2 |
Ernest C. Voigt of Madison |
Unity |
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Wahlen Cheese Factory |
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Warner |
American |
1. Warner Cheese Co., 2.William Laabs 2. Henry Mueller |
Rt. 2, Greenwood |
1909 |
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Warner |
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William A. Wichman |
Unity |
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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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| West Beaver |
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Al A. Matthias |
Rt. 3, Greenwood |
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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) |
4 mi. southwest of Greenwood |
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| West Eaton |
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West Eaton Cheese Co. |
Rt. 5, Greenwood |
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| West Fremont |
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Otto H. Yordi |
Rt. 1, Granton |
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| West Side Cheese Factory |
American |
Setsche / Zetsche & Schlingsog |
Warner Twp. |
1909 |
| West Side |
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Henry Mueller |
Rt. 2, Spencer |
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| Western Condensing Co. |
Milk Powder & Whey Sugar |
Foremost Dairies, Inc. |
Owen |
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West Worden |
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West Worden Dairy Co. |
Rt. 2, Stanley |
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White Birch Cheese Factory |
Cheddar |
Joe Gubell |
Thorp |
Neighborhood Operation |
| White Clover |
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Ignatz Wojkiewicz |
Thorp |
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| White Eagle Dairy |
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Steve Losiewicz, sold to Blue Moon |
5 mi. north of Thorp, WI |
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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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| 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 |
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Vandi & Louis Suda |
R.R., Greenwood, Wis.,
(Sec. 35, Reseburg Twp.) |
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Willard |
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Willard Co-operative Dairy Co. |
Willard |
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| Wisconsin Dairies |
Manufactures of butter, Cheese,
powder, & fluid Milk |
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Neillsville, WI |
1979 |
| Withee Creamery & Skimming Station |
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George E. Peterson |
Withee |
1909 |
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Witt Cheese Factory |
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Laura Natzke & 4 sons after the death of her husband.
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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Witt, Erwin H. Cheese
Factory |
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Woodside |
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August Pieper;
Note |
Rt. 3, Greenwood (bef. 1942);
corner of present day Robin Ave. & Lover's Road, Sec. 23 in the
Town of Beaver |
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Worden Cheese Factory |
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Worden |
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| Wuethrich Creamery (Grassland)
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Butter & non-fat powder |
John Wuethrich |
Greenwood |
1973, 1979 |
| York Center |
Cheddar, American |
1. Heibel & Gullick, 2. Emil M. Schoenfeld |
Rt. 4, Neillsville |
1909 |
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York Center Cheese Factory |
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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. |
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York Cheese Factory |
American |
J. B. Daugetee |
Sec. 27, York Township |
1909 |
| York Dairy |
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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 |
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Al Breseman |
3 1/2 mi. NW of Granton |
#1 |
| Zbinden Factory |
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#1 |
| Zelm
Cheese Factory |
#1 |
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| Unknown |
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Cheese Factory #1 |
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